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Four children, Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four and one-year-old Cristin, survived in the dense Colombian jungle teeming with snakes, jaguars and mosquitos for over a month.

Colombia and Brazil destroyed 19 illegal gold mining dredges in the Amazon rainforest which were producing about $1.5 million of the precious metal a month and polluting rivers with mercury ...

The plane crash in the Amazon rainforest two weeks ago killed at least one person, authorities in Colombia said By Louis Casiano Fox News Published May 17, 2023 6:56pm EDT ...

Imagine an ancient world where shadows stretched beneath colossal trees, and the air shimmered with heat and humidity. In this realm, a creature longer than a school bus slithered silently through ...

In this instance, deforestation could impact 4.3 million ha (10.6 million acres) in the Colombian Amazon Rainforest. The last scenario, based on sustainable development, ...

When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their rescuers noticed that the oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, had something ...

Relatives of four children who survived a plane crash followed by 40 days alone in Colombia's Amazon rainforest are reportedly fighting for custody of the siblings.. Astrid Caceres, director of ...

Two wild snakes caught on video fighting for a meal in the Colombian rainforest. Researchers Henrik Bringsoe and Niels Poul Dreyer observed two red-tailed coral snakes battling one another for a ...

Ivan Mordisco is a Colombian warlord with a cocaine empire and a bounty on his head. He is also doing more to protect the Amazon rainforest than almost anyone else on Earth. Deforestation has ...

When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their rescuers noticed that the oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, had something ...

This rainforest is the main reason Colombia ranks as the fourth most biodiverse country in the world. Nowhere else has as many species of birds. Only Brazil and China have more trees.