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March 28, 12:53 PM
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Join us in celebrating Teacher Appreciation Month!
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April 24, 10:02 AM
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SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT FOR THE MORPHO NETWORK! Beginning in the Fall and running until the Spring each year, these courses support participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local Land and supporting more respectful, reciprocal relationships.
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April 24, 10:43 AM
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NEW PAPER lays out the most recent developments with the road threatening our partners, the Maijuna of Peru. Its a MUST READ!
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April 23, 2:09 PM
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To Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, we are launching our new Metamorphosis Merch! All proceeds for orders placed in the month of May will go directly to our scholarship fund!
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April 24, 10:53 AM
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The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel and 10 types of butterfly.
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April 23, 1:53 PM
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Kath Murdoch talks about inquiry-based learning and how it can be applied in outdoor settings. Kath shares insights from her extensive experience as an educator and explores the benefits of taking learning beyond the classroom walls.
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March 28, 2:57 PM
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Big things are happening at the Morpho Institute! Join us for our second annual Morpho Metamorphosis meeting and get a sneak peek at our new strategic plan – plus updates from our Amazon partners, announcements about new initiatives, and opportunities to get involved! Register
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April 24, 7:20 AM
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“By themselves the figs could build a forest,” ecologist EJH Corner wrote almost a century ago. Now a fascinating book, Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: the secret history and redemptive future of fig trees (titled Ladders to Heaven in the UK), delves anew into this tropical species’ biology and key ecological role, as well as its […]
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April 24, 10:48 AM
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The rich biodiversity of Amazonia is shaped geographically and ecologically by its rivers and their cycles of seasonal flooding. Anthropogenic effects, such as deforestation, infrastructure development and extreme climatic events, threaten the ecological processes sustaining Amazonian ecosystems.
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April 24, 11:27 AM
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10 fun facts that you might not know about this amazing raptor of the neotropical rainforest.
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April 23, 2:13 PM
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"Climate Change and Sustainability in Amazonia" published on by Oxford University Press.
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February 26, 1:15 PM
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Join us in empowering K-12 educators to take an active role in realizing the vision of a sustainable Amazon - with its forests, rivers, biodiversity, and people treasured and protected as a vital global resource now and for generations to come.
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April 22, 2:18 PM
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Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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February 4, 9:11 AM
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Say hello to our 2025 Fellows and Scholars. These exceptional educators are joining us in the Amazon in July and we can't wait to work with them - and learn from them! Thanks to all of our donors for making this possible!
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April 17, 1:43 AM
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To power perilous journeys, birds undergo extreme feats like doubling their body weight and rearranging or even consuming their internal organs.
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April 24, 7:14 AM
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I am reposting a short article I wrote for Earth Island Journal. I hope it inspires some of you to head out to a forest for a dose of awe.
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April 24, 12:32 PM
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[Alumni Spotlight] Bridget is an alumni of the Educator Academy in the Amazon, a HS Bio Teacher and founder of Bridget's Botanicals - an herbal apothecary that produces small batch teas, aromatherapy, tinctures, and bitters. She's giving back to Morpho and supporting our Educators in the Amazon Scholarship Fund through the sales of her Wild World Bitters. Learn more at: https://www.bridgetsbotanicalworld.com/
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April 24, 7:25 AM
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One reason it is possible to be optimistic about the future of the Pan Amazon is that none of the countries must deal with an impending demographic explosion. This was not always the case. In the 1970s, high birth rates and Roman Catholic traditions suggested that Latin America was facing a demographic time bomb. Populations […]
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April 24, 11:40 AM
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Celebrating 8 years of collaboration with our partners in inquiry! Meet Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker, aka The Bug Chicks! Their website is loaded with fun videos and curriculum resources - including SEL
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April 23, 1:12 PM
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As spring rolls across the northern hemisphere, many students (and teachers) long to get outdoors. It’s a great opportunity to engage kids in field data work. +++ Ask the question Whether the teacher is designing the study or students are creating their own, articulating a clear question to driv
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April 24, 10:56 AM
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Today, the Maijuna and many others in the Amazon, such as Kichwa and Kukama Kukamiria communities, no longer cut down the trees and have implemented specific measures to avoid excessive exploitation.
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April 26, 8:44 AM
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When freshmen take a science course that immerses them in their school’s culture and physical space, they develop a sense of belonging—and a deep connection to the mission.
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April 25, 5:09 PM
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New research from Kelly Zamudio at The University of Texas at Austin and an international team finds climate change threatens hundreds of amphibian species.
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March 28, 1:03 PM
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March 28, 8:58 AM
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The Amazon Rainforest, where next year’s COP30 climate summit will be hosted, is reeling from two consecutive years of severe drought, with major rivers at record lows, leading to water shortages and transportation disruptions for local communities.
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April 21, 9:33 AM
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The Americas showcased never-before-seen animal behaviors on film for the first time. See how in The Making of The Americas.
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AWESOMENESS ALERT: Amazon spider creates a slingshot web! Sweet!