Photographer Louis Vest captured this moment in the riverine hamlet of Calanoa, at the heart of the Colombian Amazon.
The traditional dances of the indigenous peoples who inhabit La Chorrera, Amazonas, have been nominated as Intangible Patrimony of Colombia.
The capital of Amazonas, Leticia, remains at the epicenter of the Colombian outbreak and the region’s many indigenous groups fear “extermination” with COVID-19.
Nationwide quarantines are giving nature much-needed rest from tourism especially in the biodiverse Colombian Amazon where this Big Picture was taken.
While governments across South American bankroll the fight against coronavirus, in Brazil, loggers are defying isolation measures to deforest the Amazon at an alamaring rate.
Indigenous peoples across Colombia are closing their ancestral territories to all outsiders and relying on ancestral plant-based medicines to fend off the advance of COVID-19.
Bees are humanity’s first line of defense in pest and disease control, but these winged warriors are headed to extinction. Professor Tello wants farmers to turn to api-agriculture.
A scientific expedition carried out in the river basins of Puerto Abeja, Mesay and Cun?are has revealed more than 300 species inside this protected parkland.
As Colombia’s most influential environmentalist, Marti?n von Hildebrand is working to secure a massive biological corridor to guarantee the survival of the Amazon.
The wrath of the news maelstrom in August didn’t exclude Colombia from making world headlines after ex-FARC dissidents announced their return to arms.
Artemisa is the new frontline of a military campaign to combat deforestation across Colombia, particularly in National Parks. The offensive also targets animal traffickers.
The criminalization of an ancestral substance and misuse by those in search of its psychotropic effects affects the livelihoods of Colombia’s Amazonian peoples.
With the return of rainfall to Los Llanos Orientales, the natural wonder of Caño Cristales reopens to tourism, but with strict environmental regulations.
The best time for taking stunning pictures of the Amazon is with first light when the tree canopy reflects in the watershed of the majestic river.
An expedition by Colombia BIO and the Amazon Research Institute, SINCHI, has confirmed 18 new species to the world of science.
Fernando Urbina has dedicated 40-years of research to Colombia’s ancient rock art. His discovery of petroglyphs in remote territories show the first contact between conquistadores and Amazonian tribes.