The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact and were rescued over two weeks after the crash.
Scientists found that Amazonian soil can help plants grow upto 8.1 times larger.
If you fancy a vacation based more on animals than monuments, Ecuador has it all. Just watch out for the howler monkeys on the Amazon superhighway.
Climate change exacerbates tropical storms. As a result of the more extreme winds associated with these events, more trees are uprooted.
Dark earth gets its name from its dark which is caused by the fact that high concentrations of charcoal exist in the soil.