Roosevelt said the recent hype regarding the “garden cities” in Ecuador is “annoying”, as it is not a new discovery and it ignores older research from Latin American archaeologists.

A team of paleontologists found a giant fossilized skull along the shore of the Napo River in the Peruvian Amazon. To their surprise, the relic belonged to a newly described species of giant freshwater dolphin. This colossal creature swam in the rivers of the Amazon around 16 million years ago and is considered the largest-known […]

Check out this Data Classroom Ready to Use Activity and connect your students to camera trap data in the Peruvian Amazon being used to examine mammal diversity in an Indigenous conservation area.  It's a great way to engage your students in real conservation data and make data analysis meaningful and relevant!  

Teachers experiencing the Amazon Rainforest with the Morpho Institute = transformative professional learning.

Extreme flooding and droughts may be the new norm for the Amazon, challenging its people and ecosystems.

We instituted a plan to maximize the positive impact of air travel to our field sites by striving to protect a highly vulnerable tract of rainforest in Northern Peru.  Learn more at https://morphoinstitute.org/climate-action-plan/ 

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 30% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government worked toward a pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030.

What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.

Check out our community science biodiversity assessment project for students, educators, naturalists, and researchers visiting the Napo-ACTS Field Station & Canopy Walkway located in the Loreto district of Peru and adjacent to the Maijuna-Kichwa Regional Conservation Area. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/napo-acts-virtual-field-guide-to-amazon-biodiversity

Join our friends and faculty members, Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker (aka The Bug Chicks) for this FREE four-part series about arthropod eyes and explore the structure and function of these amazing animals and the visual adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive.

The Explorer Mindset is a series of attributes, shared values, and commitments that define what it means to be a National Geographic Explorer.

sMeet the Science Panel for the Amazon!  An amazing new initiative that is driven by South American scientists and policy makers dedicated to changing the fate of the Amazon! 

The Morpho Institute actively builds reciprocal and long-lasting partnerships with friends and colleagues in Peru and stands with them in their fight to save their rainforest homes. We are proud to call the Maijuna our friends, colleagues and partners. Together we are moving the dial on rainforest conservation!

Learn about the importance of the Amazon at local and global scales, the threats the region faces, and how sustainable development can help save its extraordinary biodiversity and peoples for current and future generations.

The Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Educator Program provides a supportive, nurturing community where you can gain the confidence, skills, and mentoring you need to share your love of nature journaling with others.