Amazon Rainforest Search
Immerse yourself in the knowledge of the Amazon jungle and its wonders.
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Source: Neil Palmer/CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Amazon Rainforest Cuisine: Traditional Food and Dishes from 6 countries
June 10, 2020
Venezuelan Rainforest Cuisine
June 8, 2020
Bolivian Rainforest Cuisine
June 6, 2020
Ecuadorian Rainforest Cuisine
June 2, 2020
Colombian Jungle Cuisine
June 1, 2020
Brazilian Jungle Cuisine
May 30, 2020
Peruvian Amazon Cuisine
October 19, 2019
Amazon Rainforest Drinks
October 19, 2019
Amazon Cuisine – The Rainforest Food – Dishes and Drinks
October 5, 2019
Amazonian dishes
Amazon Culture
The jungle that grows around the Amazon River Basin encompasses a vast region once inhabited by many peoples, giving rise to a plethora of cultures and languages.
December 14, 2019
Amazonian myths and legends about ayahuasca
December 14, 2019
The anaconda in some Amazonian myths and the origin of the Universe
November 28, 2019
Amazonian Indigenous People Cosmovision – Beliefs, Taboos, Myths and Legends
June 14, 2020
Indigenous Women of the Amazon Rainforest: An 8 stages life journey
November 27, 2019
13 Typical dances of the Amazon (videos, music and movements)
October 11, 2019
Economy of the Amazon Rainforest Region
October 5, 2019
All the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Rainforest
October 5, 2019
Myths of the Amazon Rainforest
August 16, 2022
Siquihua and lightning
June 8, 2022
Destruction myths: the Universal Deluge in the Amazon Rainforest
October 8, 2020
The legend of the charapa turtle’s owner
October 2, 2020
Acai, the tragic legend of the palm tree that saved an Amazonian tribe
September 30, 2020
4 Creation Myths from Egypt, Greece and America
September 28, 2020
Amazonian horror legends: the IWIAS and other demons of the jungle
April 3, 2020
Claude Lévi-Strauss: Tristes trópicos – The Sadness of the Tropics
March 31, 2020
Cándido Rondón – Telegrapher and Peacemaker of the Brazilian Jungle
March 30, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt, a lion loose in the Amazon Rainforest
June 2, 2022
Human occupation
April 12, 2020
Dinosaur fossils, giant plants and animals
April 10, 2020
Giant animals of the Cenozoic Era
April 8, 2020
Dinosaurs in the Amazon Rainforest
April 7, 2020
Brief history of the Amazon Rainforest landscape
Rainforest Explorers – The Amazon Basin through history
January 8, 2020
1. The Conquerors and colonizers of the Amazon Rainforest
January 11, 2020
2 . Missionaries in the Amazon Rainforest (17th century)
January 13, 2020
3. The Utopia of the Earthly Paradise
January 16, 2020
4. Great naturalist scientists in the Amazon Rainforest (18th to 19th centuries)
January 19, 2020
5 . The rubber barons
January 19, 2020
6 . Adventurers behind the Lost City of Z: the true story
January 20, 2020
7. The Amazon Rainforest today (XXI Century)
Rainforest Plants
One of the most characteristic features of the Amazon is its exuberant biodiversity, which includes an incredible variety of fruits and medicinal plants.
November 1, 2020
Amazon Rainforest Products
January 10, 2020
Acai, asai, asaí or açaí: a fruit that cures EVERYTHING!
December 9, 2019
Dragon Fruit Benefits – The healthy power of Pitayas
October 28, 2019
7 medicinal fruits of the Amazon Rainforest
March 6, 2020
Topiro, túpiro or cocona (Solanum sessiliflorum)
September 18, 2020
Theobroma (genus): cocoa, grandiflorum, bicolor (+ 22 species)
November 25, 2019
Rubber tree – Genocide / Big business
March 11, 2020
The Jobo, Hog plum, or Ashanti plum (Spondias mombin)
July 25, 2022
The corozo or shebon (Attalea butyracea): Amazon biofuel
February 9, 2024
The collagen industry and deforestation in the Amazon: discover sustainable alternatives
August 29, 2020
The Ayahuasca Failure Part II
August 27, 2020
The Ayahuasca Failure (Part I)
July 29, 2022
Tagua nut: powerful Amazonian vegetable ivory
August 10, 2022
Shapaja (Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng)
August 31, 2020
Sarrapia (Diphysa punctata) Powerful natural Anticoagulant.
June 21, 2020
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) The Inca Peanut – Benefits
October 5, 2019
Amazonian fruits – Jungle Fruits and Super Food
Amazon Rainforest Animals
Find in this section specialized articles on each of the most characteristic species of the Amazon jungle: majestic birds like the harpy eagle , adored mammals like the pink dolphin , felines feared and revered as the jaguar , deadly amphibians like dart frog , ritual insects like the bullet ant , huge fish like paiche or pirarucú and powerful reptiles like anaconda among many others…
June 12, 2020
12 Monkeys – Endangered Species ⚠️
May 15, 2020
DANGEROUS Animals (TOP 10)
March 8, 2020
Cats and Big Cats in the Amazon Rainforest
January 31, 2020
Candiru: the Vampire Fish
August 20, 2020
Spiders
November 4, 2019
Insects
October 24, 2019
Reptiles
October 5, 2019
Mammals
October 5, 2019
Fish
October 5, 2019
Birds
Tourism
Visiting the Amazon is no longer as risky as it used to be, here you can find how to do it in a safest way. Search in two main sections: Tourist attractions and Amazon Hotels . Both of them subdivided in turn by country
Amazon countries
The Amazon region is a territory today geopolitically shared by 6 or 9 countries, depending on how you look at it. Each one has managed, in their own way, badly or well, their piece of jungle, their piece of green treasure, sometimes wasting and abusing it, other times caring for and protecting it.
October 5, 2019
Ecuador
October 5, 2019
Colombia
October 5, 2019
Brazil
October 5, 2019
Venezuela
October 5, 2019
Bolivia
October 5, 2019
Peru
Amazon River Basin
The Amazon is primarily a river. The largest, the longest, the mightiest. That river is formed by many others that flow into it, they are its affluents or tributaries that together make up a hydrographic basin.
May 10, 2020
11 Amazon River Cities
November 7, 2019
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest
November 4, 2019
Amazon Rainforest Climate
October 31, 2019
Amazon Rainforest
Jungle
October 31, 2019
Amazon River tributaries
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