Place: Amazon jungle

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

A surprising moth visitor

"THERE’S a monster in the bath!" cried the damsel in distress, rushing into my workroom in her dressing gown at 8am.

Green with envy as reality bites

general

15 reasons why sloths are the new cats

world

Twenty-four bodies recovered from Brazil plane crash

news

Richard sets out to smash record in charity run from Mizen to Malin

general

Pitt to play real life Indiana Jones

Polls show Correa set to become president of Ecuador

Leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, looks set for a win over a pro-US banana tycoon in Ecuador’s presidential elections

Mon, 27 Nov, 2006

Spotting the undercover songster

I’VE LISTENED to dawn choruses in various parts of the world.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2006

Scavengers target jet wreckage after crash

HUNDREDS of scavengers swarmed over the wreckage of a Peruvian airliner yesterday, potentially undermining the work of investigators en route to the crash that left at least 37 dead.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2005

Plane crash survivors tell of escape ordeal

Trudging through knee-deep mud in a hail storm, at least 58 survivors managed to escape a flaming Peruvian airliner that splintered as it crash-landed in the Amazon jungle, killing 37 people.

Thu, 25 Aug, 2005

Poor weather hampers search for plane

A Peruvian airliner carrying 46 people, including eight children, disappeared amid cloud-covered mountains in the Amazon jungle. Heavy rain hampered the search effort.

Fri, 10 Jan, 2003

Passenger flight disappears over Amazon

An airliner with 42 passengers has disappeared over Peru's Amazon jungle after it lost contact with controllers minutes before its expected landing.

Thu, 09 Jan, 2003

Team behind The Rock's latest film robbed on location

The director and producer of The Rock's latest film have been robbed while looking at locations.

Fri, 21 Jun, 2002

Mud and rock avalanche kills 36 people

Rescue workers are struggling to look for the bodies of 36 people, buried by an avalanche of rock and mud in the Andes.

Wed, 13 Jun, 2001

Woman and child die in Peruvian air force attack

A 35-year-old woman and her infant daughter were killed yesterday when a Peruvian air force jet mistakenly shot down a small plane carrying American missionaries in the Amazon jungle region.

Sat, 21 Apr, 2001