Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view shows a flotilla, carrying Indigenous representatives from across Latin America, arriving in Belem, ahead of the UN ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colombian lesserblack tarantula, Xenesthis immanis, is a large terrestrial bird spider, with hairy legs and body and a ...

In the southern tip of Colombia’s Cauca department, known as the “boot” for its shoe-like shape, volunteer members of an ...

Previously considered by scholars to be unconnected, the histories of the Amazon and Andes regions in South America have significant parallels, according to Eduardo Góes Neves, a professor of ...

This month, officials in Ecuador announced a 2,159-square-kilometer (833-square mile) biodiversity corridor, connecting Llanganates National Park with Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. The Llanganates–Yasuní ...

National Geographic Live will return to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with an unforgettable presentation: Amazon: Andes to the Atlantic featuring world-renowned National Geographic Explorer ...

Parrots are vibrant, charismatic, and fascinating creatures. They have become popular pets, but they are a huge responsibility. A recent survey showed that bird ownership among Gen Z (people born in ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the ...

Colombia is located in northwestern South America, with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Andes Mountains dominate the western landscape, while the Amazon rainforest and ...

The arboreal tarantulas Avicularia juruensis and Avicularia purpurea have two morphotypes depending on geographical location. Hapalopus species are commonly called “pumpkin patch tarantulas” because ...