Puerto Nariño is a tranquil experiment in sustainable living where motor vehicles are banned and the streets are as clean as ...

Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago.

The study is published in the journal NATURE. The Amazonian butterfly Heliconius elevatus is the result of a cross between two other species, H. pardalinus and H. melpomene. Heliconius elevatus is ...

A new report traces the extraordinary lineage of a common Amazonian butterfly—and estimates the hybridization of its two ...

The Tsimané tribe in the Bolivian Amazon have great heart health and very little age-related brain shrinkage or dementia.

Yuturi ants are peaceful until their territory is threatened. This species, also known as the ‘conga ant,’ is considered a ...

And though there are Amazonian freshwater dolphin species alive today, they aren’t close kin to that ancient cetacean. Its closest living relatives are river dolphins living more than 6,000 ...

And though there are Amazonian freshwater dolphin species alive today, they aren’t close kin to that ancient cetacean. Its closest living relatives are river dolphins living more than 6,000 ...

The new extractive reserves allow resident populations to engage in traditional and sustainable extractive practices such as ...

Journalist Manuel Calloquispe’s work in his hometown of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, has made him the target of angry gold miners ...