The Amazon is burning: Can Colombia save its forests?

Record deforestation in the Amazon in neighbouring Brazil has grabbed world attention. But clearing trees for cattle also plagues...

Tunga penetrans: Get to know Colombia’s least favourite skin-burrowing parasite

Once lodged in the skin, the embedded sand-flea can grow up to 2000 times its size in 10 days. Illustration courtesy of Wikicommons Warning: This...

Amazon service center to open doors in Colombia

Colombia will be the newest home to the elongating tentacles of retail giant Amazon, after the company said Tuesday it would open a center in the...

Researchers find Andes-Amazon “megacorridor” severely threatened following peace accord

[caption id="attachment_31511" align="aligncenter" width="605"] Photo by Arjun Harindranath[/caption] A multi-disciplinary and international...

Chiribiquete National Park becomes Colombia’s 9th UNESCO World Heritage Site

[caption id="attachment_30886" align="aligncenter" width="882"] Image courtesy of @JuanManSantos - Twitter.[/caption] One of Colombia’s last...

In conversation with Dejusticia: the team behind this week’s groundbreaking climate change lawsuit

[caption id="attachment_28724" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Image courtesy of Dejusticia[/caption] Acxan Duque is eight years old. He comes...

Colombian supreme court issues ground-breaking ruling on Amazonian deforestation

[caption id="attachment_28654" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Image courtesy of Shutterstock.[/caption] Colombian Supreme Court judges rule the...

Diving into the Amazon: Gerald Barr floats on, in, and under the river

[caption id="attachment_27851" align="aligncenter" width="696"] How better to experience the Amazon than on it?[/caption] Our man gets his feet wet...