As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...

Roughly two weeks have passed since Ebb Flynt, Tim Boatman and myself returned to East Texas on the heels of 10-day adventure that took us deep into the heart of Amazon Rainforest of South America.

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...