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Amazon

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

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

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

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

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.

The World's First Piranha Ramen Is No Joke

It did start as one, though.

Luke Fater August 29, 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

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

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

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

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

Ají Negro

To make this hot sauce, first remove the poison.

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

Chiric Sanango

A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.

Masato de Yuca

A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.

Jaboticaba

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

Juane

Peru’s leaf-wrapped rice ball might be named after John the Baptist’s decapitated head.

Churo Snails

Lima chefs love to experiment with this large Amazon river dweller.