The ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, located in the northern part of Greece, rose to prominence under King Philip II and his son, Alexander the Great. Known for uniting the Greek city-states and creating one of the largest empires in history, Alexander’s conquests stretched from Greece to Egypt, Persia, and into India.

Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River. Pink dolphins and fish died. Crops dried up.

Colombia's security forces on Monday struggled to contain a surge in left-wing guerilla violence that has now killed more than 100 people in five days and threatens to derail the country's troubled peace process.

The ELN, which has an estimated 6,000 fighters, reportedly attacked civilians it accused of collaborating with a rival group, the FARC-EMC, shooting them in the streets, while in rural areas firefights broke out between members of both groups.

Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas Monday, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain violence that killed at least 100 people and threatens to scupper the country's fragile peace process.

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every shore" will be disappointed, Lonely Planet said. Instead, the "quintessential experiences" are more "sublime than superlative," like canoeing, hiking under the tree canopy or boating up the Amazon River.

Colombia vowed “war” against left-wing guerrillas today, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain a wave of violence that has killed more than 100 people and threatens to scupper the country’s fragile peace process.

Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas Monday, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain a wave of violence.

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, through the Brazilian Empire and the Andean Republics of the nineteenth century,

With Donald Trump back in the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest

An extensive new exhibition at the CCCB in Barcelona takes a look at the art, culture, biodiversity and history of the Amazon and its indigenous peoples. A multi-sensory experience featuring video, paintings,

Researchers in the Amazon of Colombia made a mysterious discovery when taking a closer look at a fish collected from a forest stream, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. It belonged to the “miniature fish genus Priocharax,” according to the study, and was just 0.7 inches long.