Tag: Amazonia
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Newly Discovered Spider Builds Lifelike Decoys
For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.
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19 Incredible Human Accomplishments
Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.
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Amazon Deforestation Drops 23% Since Last Year
The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.
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Could These Spider-Like, Human-Sized Webs Refine Rainforest Research?
This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.
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150 Amazon Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
Where the words and appeals of those indigenous tribes destined to be displaced by the dam had failed, nearly two-hundred native Amazonians have now gathered in a last ditch effort to protect their homeland using their bodies.
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Illegal Amazon Gold: Fight to Protect the Amazon Unites Celebrity Artists, War Journalists, and You
"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"
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Save an Endangered Cacao Tree with Cool Earth this Easter
Love chocolate? Help protect endangered cacao trees and the livelihoods of the Asháninka people.
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Google Street View Maps the Amazon
A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.
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Orphaned Baby Manatee Rescued in the Amazon
After its mother was killed by poachers, this rescued manatee calf soon learned that it had more than a few friends on land.
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European Company Buys Rights to Amazon Tribe's Ancestral Land
The Amazon rainforest remains one of the most mysterious regions on the planet, home to an invaluable treasure-trove of cultural and ecological wealth -- but it too can be had for the right price.
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Ecuador Court Rejects Chevron Arbitration Ruling, Reopening $18 Billion Fine For Amazon Pollution
The legal battle has been drawn out for nearly 20 years now, but the latest news is potentially a good sign for the people of Ecuador.
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Spiraling Bamboo Science Tower To Observe Amazon Rainforest
A British charity and conservation group hopes to build a science center and tower out of locally-grown bamboo in the remote Amazon jungle.
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Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D Map of the Amazon
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher.
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Most Popular Articles of January: Astounding 3D Sculptures from Books, Indigenous Amazonian Child Burned to Death, and More
The best of January includes amazing landscape sculptures carved from old books, a logging horror in the Amazon, a cycling superhighway, and more.
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Africa's Rainforests May Be More Resilient To Climate Change Than Amazon's
It all comes down to the fact that over the past four millennia there have been more changes in climate there which these forests have been through.
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Crowdfunding Temporarily Halts Oil Extraction From Key Tract of Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador
A fundraiser was held last night that collected the $116 million necessary to temporarily halt oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park.
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Half of Brazilians in Fear of War Over the Amazon
According to the results of a new poll, half of all Brazilians surveyed are either certain, or strongly believe that within the next 20 years an attack will be waged on their homeland for control of the resource-rich Amazon rainforest.
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01M OneMoment. A New Biodegradable Shoe Concept
A biodegradable show for (almost) all occasions. A cradle to cradle design inspired by ancient Amazon inhabitants. Lightweight, compact and multi-use- it's up to you what you do with it as long as you make sure you compost it at the end of its life.
