This is a short introduction to the Amazonian people and their culture.

Learn about the interesting and unusual relationship between butterflies and turtles in the Amazon rainforest.

A good source of info on medicinal plants used by native Amazonian tribes to this day. Enjoy a virtual tour of an Eastern Peru rainforest.

Interesting collection of 20 Brazilian folktales and myths from different regions of the country, such as the Amazonian rain forest. Includes stories of mythical cities, of creatures that haunt certain regions, and of a goat that eats...

This site from International BioPark is an introduction to medicinal and useful plants in the Amazonian region of Peru. "This is a dynamic cyber-reference which is constantly expanding in content."

An informative article that deals in a generalized fashion with the characteristics, life cycle, ecology and conservation associated with Manatees.

The National Park is one of the largest (1,523,000 ha) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin. With an altitudinal range of 200 m to nearly 1,000 m, it is the site of a rich mosaic of habitat types from Cerrado savannah and forest to...

The Central Amazon Conservation Complex makes up the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin (over 6 million hectares) and is one of the planet’s richest regions in terms of biodiversity. It also includes an important sample of varzea...