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Podcast: Wild Chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen

Join us on a journey into the Amazon rainforest to learn about a mythical chocolate.
The Podcast Team March 28, 2023
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura
puzzles

Puzzle Monday: Official Language, Social Weapon

Alex Bellos February 20, 2023
Multispectral imaging depicts destruction of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. In this map, reds show healthy foliage along the Rio São Lourenço, yellows show stressed plant life, while blues and blacks indicate where the forest has died.
science

Through an Artist’s Eye, Scientific Tools Help Tell Vital Stories

Striking work by photographer Richard Mosse shows how merging art and technology can cut through dry data.
Anita Makri December 27, 2022
Tarra Falls
Tarra Valley, Australia

Tarra Falls

A waterfall rushing through a lush fern gully in Australia's Tarra-Bulga National Park.
A young spirit bear, part of a genetically unique population found only in Great Bear Rainforest on British Columbia's central coast, is one of many animals First Nations coastal guardians work to protect.
bears

On the Coast of British Columbia, Ancient Stewardship Gets a Modern Spin

From tracking rare spirit bears to responding to disasters, First Nations coastal guardians are on watch.
Ashley Stimpson August 30, 2022
A new study finds that black-handed spider monkeys like their fruits, well, boozy.
monkeys

Monkeys Love Their Alcohol

But proving the “drunken monkey” hypothesis has been an exhausting—and messy—endeavor.
Sarah Durn April 21, 2022
A muriqui mother and infant
Caratinga, Brazil

The Muriquis of Feliciano Miguel Abdala Reserve

A preserved section of the Atlantic Forest is an important habitat for these critically endangered monkeys.
Agbokim Waterfall
Obokum, Nigeria

Agbokim Waterfall

Seven streams tumble over a cliff, resulting in this dazzling waterfall in the Nigerian rainforest.
Waterfall 2
San Antonio de Ureca, Equatorial Guinea

Ureka

This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.
During Cambodia's Pchum Ben festival, offerings are made to hungry ghosts.
maori

From Cambodia’s Hungry Ghosts to Assam’s Mobile Theaters, Our Favorite Indigenous Stories of 2021

Perseverance and ingenuity from around the world.
Sarah Durn December 22, 2021
Maniwara ants are used in several Biatüwi dishes.
Manaus, Brazil

Biatüwi

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
A northern bettong from a small population in Danbulla National Park in North Queensland.
science

These Truffle-Eating Marsupials in Australia Are 'Ecosystem Engineers'

There are far fewer northern bettongs than previously thought, but work is underway to save the species.
Lisa Cox November 29, 2021
Green-billed toucan
Tapiraí, Brazil

Trilha dos Tucanos

This unique bird reserve sits within an important fragment of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest.
Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve in Wales is home to one of Britain's few remaining temperate rainforests.
forests

Mapping the Rainforests of Britain

The rainy island is home to some of the world's most diverse woodlands—but they are rapidly disappearing.
Richard Collett November 1, 2021
Members of the Sarayaku indigenous community believe that the rainforest should have legal rights.
law

The Fight to Secure Rights for Rainforests

The Sarayaku people of Ecuador are seeking legal protection for Amazonian plants and animals.
Emily Laber-Warren April 30, 2021
Store-bought printed fabric was enough to alarm the putty-nosed monkeys, who are highly sensitive to even a glimpse of a leopard-like pattern moving in the dense vegetation.
animals

Why Researchers Dressed as Leopards to Scare Some Monkeys

A field experiment in Republic of the Congo revealed new insights into how the primates sound the alarm.
Gemma Tarlach April 1, 2021
Matrinxã mujeca (a fish soup) with local chilis and chili sauce.
restaurants

The Trailblazing Brazilian Restaurant Serving a Taste of the Amazon

Studying anthropology inspired a husband-wife team to ignore mockery and share their native foods.
Rafael Tonon March 3, 2021
Walking through the forest.
Farino, New Caledonia

Sentir de la Petite Cascade de Farino

This peaceful path through the jungle is surrounded by songbirds and complete with a waterfall.