A giant new species of freshwater dolphin, dating back approximately between 24 and 16 million year, was recently discovered by a team of paleontologists in the Peruvian Amazon. The team was from the ...

A drought in an Amazon river has revealed prehistoric carvings reminiscent of modern emojis. The carvings represent faces smiling or scowling. It's not clear who made the carvings, but they are ...

Newly discovered rock art in the Colombian Amazon depicts the rainforest’s early inhabitants living with giant Ice Age creatures. The drawings, which were made between 12,600 and 11,800 years ago, ...

The rock art is in a region of Colombia that was off-limits to researchers for decades due to political instability. Reading time 2 minutes Recently discovered prehistoric wall drawings illustrate a ...

Scientists warn that over a third of terrestrial animal habitats could face multiple extreme climate events by 2085 without urgent emission cuts, with the Amazon among the most exposed. New research ...

In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists have found one of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art in the Amazonian rainforest. Tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans, ...