Amazonia (2013) is a family adventure movie directed by Thierry Ragobert. The movie follows a monkey, Chestnut, who survives a plane crash. He soon discovers his freedom and he explores the forest and ...

Indigenous people carry offertory gifts as Pope Francis celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican on Oct. 27, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope Francis has ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 2:26, central, with additional reactions to Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the Amazon synod. "Injustice and crime." With those two words, Pope Francis ...

The sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest come alive in this video that makes you feel you are in the heart of Amazonia.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On 19 January, Pope Francis spoke to a crowd of thousands, including many indigenous people, in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, the capital of Madre de ...

Pope Francis has highlighted the need for spiritual inculturation in the Amazon region, and praised indigenous expressions of religiosity, while pointing to the Eucharist as the central component of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joe Sills is a writer and photographer focusing on travel. South America’s most renowned travel journalist is asking tough ...

Leading scientists project that if an additional 3-8% of rainforest cover is lost in the Amazon, it may overshoot a forest-to-degraded-savanna tipping point. That shift could mean mega-drought, forest ...