amazon river region

Two wildlife photographers travel through the Amazon Region encountering various indigenous animals and plants, all in the course of one day.

"Deep in the Amazon rain forest danger lurks from the tops of the canopy to the depths of the forest floor. Will you survive ferocious jaguars, hungry black caiman, and deadly dehydration?"--Provided by publisher.

The Rand Scientific Expedition entered the lush forest around the Amazon and vanished. Years later, one of its members, a former soldier, emerges scarred, mutilated, and terrified. The expedition was headed by Nathan Rand's father and now Nathan is determined to follow the trail of his missing father and uncover what happened to the expedition.

Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie recounts his adventures exploring the Mother of God, or, the Madre de Dios, the region of Peru where the Amazon River begins flowing into the lowland Amazon rainforest.

In 1541, Conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his Lieutenant Francisco Orellana, set off from Quito in seach of South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon and the fabled El Dorado "the golden man" who, rumor said, was drenched in gold each day and washed off in the river every night. Their huge expedition began to disintegrate long before they reached the jungle that was to guide them to the Amazon River. Pizarro and Orellana soon made the fateful decision to separate. While Pizarro eventually returned home barefoot and in rags, Orellana and fifty-seven men continued down the Amazon River into unexplored and unknown areas. Orellana became the first European to navigage and explore the entire length of the world's largest river.

When Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence surrounding the secret laboratory she's grown up in, she sneaks outside the compound meeting Eio, a boy from a nearby village, and they embark on a race to discover the truth of Pia's origin.

An immortal girl is raised in the depths of the Amazon only to discover that there is more to life than forever.

All eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel want to do is watch television, but their explorer father takes them in search of El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold, and their long-lost mother.

Provides information about the great variety of life in the Amazon rain forests, and looks at some of the unique partnerships formed by different species in an attempt to improve their chances of survival.

In 1995, wildlife photographer Stephen Kirkpatrick joined a five-man expedition headed into the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon. Within hours of their departure, a series of bad decisions left the group hopelessly lost in the depths of the jungle. What began as a photo expedition became a struggle for survival.