Pucha and his family have spent years building a 'living laboratory' and a vital seed bank in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.

A beetle stands on a leaf on the family farm of Ramon Pucha, which he has turned into a conservation site to preserve native ...

Pucha and his family have spent years recreating their own piece of jungle with rescued species on a 32-hectare farm called ...

The Amazon River winds through the lush lowlands of eastern Ecuador, forming one of the most vital ecosystems on Earth. From above, its sinuous curves carve through dense rainforest, wetlands, and ...

Daniel Pierce and Chris Bodine with the Missouri State University Center for Archaeological Research believe their findings are "significant." Two archaeologists from Missouri State University are ...

Stanley Stewart is a multi-award-winning travel writer and author of three acclaimed books. He is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. His work has taken him to more than ...

Fernando Araújo was riding his jet ski through Brazil's Rio Negro when he saw the small plane lose altitude and "crash into the river," he tells PEOPLE A man filmed the harrowing moment a small plane ...

Oiapoque is a sleepy town on the edge of the Amazon basin in Brazil’s northernmost tip. On weekdays fishermen haul their catch to the local market and indigenous people stream in from the rainforest ...

It’s my last morning in Loreto, Peru, and i’m up with the lark in the hope of finally seeing my first toucan. I’ve got coffee and my binoculars, and I’m on the deck of the Aqua Nera, the boat that’s ...

A rumor that circulated online in the latter months of 2025 claimed a video showed a UFO taking off from the Amazon rainforest in 1987. The clip allegedly depicts a helicopter pilot's view of a round, ...