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Amazon

A building and road in Fordlândia

Why Did Henry Ford Build a Midwestern Town in the Amazon Rainforest?

Welcome to Fordlândia, the utopia nobody signed up for.

The Podcast Team January 27, 2026

Zaragoza, Spain

Zaragoza River Aquarium

Europe's largest river aquarium features freshwater species from around the world.

Turns out there's been a whole other species slithering quietly by.

It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.

Olivia Young February 29, 2024

Electric eels, native to the Amazon region, are known for delivering powerful, painful jolts to prey, would-be predators, and the occasional human. But much less is known about their reproduction.

The Shocking Sex Lives of Electric Eels in Brazil

Lightning and other environmental electricity may jumpstart reproduction for the Amazon Basin fish.

James Hall November 15, 2023

Podcast: Amazon Night Hikes

Overcoming a fear of our multi-legged friends—at night, in the world's largest tropical rainforest.

The Podcast Team July 26, 2023

Podcast: Sinchi Warmi Amazon Lodge

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team April 6, 2022

Members of the Sarayaku indigenous community believe that the rainforest should have legal rights.

The Fight to Secure Rights for Rainforests

The Sarayaku people of Ecuador are seeking legal protection for Amazonian plants and animals.

Emily Laber-Warren April 30, 2021

Houses of the “Floating City,” located in front of the city of Manaus, on the Rio Negro, in the 1960s.

The Life and Death of the ‘Floating City’ of Manaus

To some, this Brazilian neighborhood was a tropical Venice. To others, it was a slum on the water.

Ignacio Amigo June 9, 2020

Real-life counterparts: the Scythian warrior women of the Caucuses.

To Work Out Like an Amazon, Limber Up and Find a Horse

The fearsome fighters of Greek mythology have a very real, very fit regimen to share.

Isaac Schultz May 29, 2020

Inside view of a representation of a communal structure from an Amazon village.

Museu do Homem do Norte (Northern Man Museum)

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.

Yano's piranha-men will be sold September 20-23 in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood.

The World's First Piranha Ramen Is No Joke

It did start as one, though.

Luke Fater August 29, 2019

Fires are tearing through the Brazilian Amazon, including Altamira, pictured here on August 27, 2019.

Scientists of the Future Will Unearth Traces of the Scorched Amazon Rainforest

Long after the forest stops burning, the effects of this year's fires will linger in the soil and water.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 28, 2019

A black-fronted tamarin.

Two Tiny Monkeys Are Critical to Restoring the Amazon, With Their Poop

These tamarins have an affinity for disturbed rain forest.

Isaac Schultz July 29, 2019

Llanos de Moxos in Bolivia.

Found: One of the Oldest Burial Sites in the Amazon

The discovery could change what we understand about the rainforest's ancient settlements.

Jonathan Carey April 26, 2019

At Shin Suzuran, Takano handles nettle leaves.

How Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon Created a New Cuisine

Native fish sashimi and green papaya pickles provided a taste of home.

Rafael Tonon December 28, 2018

An agouti, perhaps trying to remember where it last placed its Brazil nuts.

Brazil Nuts Are Brought to You by Rodents

The snack wouldn’t exist without the help of one furry critter and its unusually sharp teeth.

Abbey Perreault September 14, 2018

El Panoptíco's smoked chicken with yuca and ají negro.

Ají Negro

To make this hot sauce, first remove the poison.

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Soil and Satellites Are Telling a New Story About Ancient Civilizations in the Amazon

With new technologies, scientists are looking for clues in manmade “terra preta.”

Katarina Zimmer March 20, 2018