amazon river region

Examines what is being done to save the Amazon rain forest and its people.

Presents an introduction to the Amazon rain forest in South America, the largest rain forest in the world, discussing the history of the rain forest and the river for which it is named, and examining its plants, animals, and people.

Presents a tour of the Amazon rain forest, discusses the characteristics of tropical rain forests, and introduces the concept of rain forest layers, and the different plants and animals that live in each zone.

Provides information about the unusual animals of the Amazon and the habitats in which they live, discussing the the green anaconda, the giant river otter, and the red howler monkey.

Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with one such tribe of seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows.

Wildlife photographer Stephen Kirkpatrick chronicles the experiences he had while on an expedition to document the Amazon rain forest, where he and his team became lost in the jungle and had to battle aggressive wildlife, venomous reptiles, brutal heat, torrential rains, and an unforgiving landscape.

Photographs and text follow the Amazon River from the high peaks of the Andes in Peru to the Atlantic coast of Brazil.

Simple text and full-color photographs provide an introduction to the animals found in the Amazon, such as monkeys and dolphins.

The author describes his experience walking the entire length of the Amazon River over the course of 860 days. Includes color photographs.