Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing ...

The island of Santa Rosa sits in the Amazon River between Colombia and Peru, with Lima recently naming it a district.

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

About two dozen police officers, government officials and a data specialist sat side by side in a command center in northern ...

Colombia lost forest cover in the fragile Amazon part of the country in 2024 which was much higher than in 2023 which had the ...

Colombia's government said on Thursday that deforestation in the South American country increased as much as 43% in 2024 ...

Some 113,608 hectares were destroyed in 2024, largely in Colombia's Amazon region. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

We ventured deep into Colombia’s Guaviare River and hooked into a massive Payara, also known as the Vampire Fish, known for its razor-sharp fangs and ferocious strikes. This unforgettable catch ...

According to the environment ministry, of the 107,000 hectares (about 264,403 acres) deforested in Colombia in 2024, 68,000 hectares (about 168,032 acres) were in the Amazon.

Deforestation in 12 of Colombia's national parks in the Amazon during the first quarter of 2023 fell drastically to 398 hectares (3.98 square kilometers), from 9,260 hectares (92.6 square ...

For Colombia's commandos, the rescue of four children who were lost in the Amazon after surviving a plane crash "was a different mission" from fighting armed groups.

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Colombia surged last year, according to data from the country's environment ministry said ...