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Research in the Amazon suggests that loss of birds through deforestation prevents the recovery of rainforests, due to birds' roles in the ecosystem.
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Researchers have discovered a 'hermit crab caterpillar' in the Amazon rainforest in Peru that wraps itself in a leafy tube to protect itself from predators.
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Most wasps do not have ant heads for butts. So, if you were a researcher digging through a museum collection and found a wasp with an ant head for
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Internet and phone connections are essential for effective communicators and for success in business. New results from a study in Panama show that connections between trees may be important for maintaining the rich diversity of tropical forests.
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Cool! ACTSPeru advisory council member, Steve Yanoviak, is featured in this article!
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While the Paris Agreement, which formally entered into force last week on November 4, 2016, provides the global mechanism needed for realizing a low carbon future, there remains much work …
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Imagine a fish isolated in an Amazonian lake — part of the vast freshwater ecosystem of the Amazon basin, an ever-changing network of rivers, lakes and floodplains that extends to 1 million square kilometers (386,102 square miles).
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Peruvian environmental authorities will release 500,000 yellow spotted Amazon river baby turtles back into the wild through mid-November.
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From our Geography poster range, the Brazil The Amazon Rain Forest Poster is a great educational resource that helps improve understanding and reinforce learning.
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The Amazonian amphibian produces a chemical camouflage that renders it invisible to its aggressive ant neighbors.
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Explore the Amazon and transform your teaching - Scholarships available for this transformational professional development program for science educators!
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Botos lurk, virtually unseen, in the huge rivers of South America - and they are the subject of an awful lot of wild speculation
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New open-access, interactive, downloadable, digital Field Guide to Amazonian Bats, designed for tablets or smartphones, could herald the future of wildlife field guides.
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Back in June, atmospheric carbon monitors indicated that the Amazon Rainforest was leeching out more carbon dioxide than it was taking in. This is kind of a big deal -- because the vast expanse of trees and vegetation in the Amazon represents a gift nature has given to us. For all that lush vegetation draws…
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Thirty million people call the Amazonia region home — and they all depend on its forests every day.
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Scholarships and Grants are available for the 2017 Educator Academy in the Amazon! Explore Amazon conservation, sustainability, & field research with a small cohort of your fellow grade level colleagues. Speacialized programming for AP Environmental Science and Biology educators, MS educators, and elementary educators!
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The Peruvian Amazon is a dangerous place when you're small. So the young Inga tree hires ants as bodyguards to protect its vulnerable leaves. Their pay
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Latin America’s largest electrical company operates 45 hydroelectric dams, and is responsible for 34 percent of Brazil’s generating capacity.
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Explore our Rainforests Map with National Geographic.
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Indigenous peoples of the Amazon and climate change. Interactive calendar, traditional knowledge. Work of Instituto Socioambiental - ISA with the team of InfoAmazonia. The infographics bring together river level and rainfall measurements and the seasons of the year as informed by indigenous researchers of the region, together with the names of the astronomical constellations as identified by Tukano elders. Click here to edit the content
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This is pretty darn cool!
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In a joint study, international scientists investigated how clouds and hence rain develops over the Amazon tropical rainforest.
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Nairobi, 21 October 2016: It is the largest tropical forest in the world, a land of myths and magic. The Amazon provides ecological services not only to the 33 million people who live there, but to the rest of the planet.
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Amazon Binocular Project: BirdsEye Supports Bird Education in the Peruvian Amazon! Give your gently used binoculars a new lease on life in the Amazon and help promote bird education programs in remote rainforest classrooms! We are excited to announce the kickoff of the Amazon Binocular Project. The project is a collaborative effort between the Educator Academy in the Amazon, EcoTeach Foundation, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdsEye, and students at Tualatin Valley Academy
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Filmed on location at our study sites in the Peruvian Amazon!
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To improve access to markets for Amazon indigenous peoples, EDF is developing a unique interactive map of community enterprises for sustainable natural products
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