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Several species of parrots in Southeastern Peru regularly gather at a cliff face in the Amazon basin to eat clay. So do other animals, including humans.

The blood-testing startup led by Elizabeth Holmes soared on hype and celebrity boosters. Now it's under federal scrutiny. It could show that Silicon Valley's success model doesn't work in biotech.

It's called Mayaro virus. It was first identified in 1954 and has been active near the Amazon. Now it appears to have popped up in Haiti.

The children — ranging from 11 months to 13 years old — survived a May 1 Amazon crash that killed three adults and then wandered on their own in the jungle before being found alive by soldiers.

Films used to get a boost at the box office from Academy Award nominations — and the bounce still exists for films hanging on at the multiplex. But changes in the industry are altering the calculus.

The first two books in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy are megahits, and the third, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, comes out in May. But some American readers don't want to wait that long — they're importing the book from England, where it was released last year.

Environmental groups warn it'll be disastrous for the Amazon if Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil. Bolsonaro grew up in a rain forest, in a community that's now deeply divided about him.

Imagine camping out in the woods, taking mushrooms, and meeting your future self ... played by Aubrey Plaza. That's what happens to 18-year-old Elliott (Maisy Stella) in this charming, quirky comedy.

The U.S. stock market has been on a tear and has been a global standout for years. Yet the standard advice is to diversify investments globally. We look the pros and cons of investing only in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Andrew Marchand, a columnist at The Athletic, about the off-court battle for the rights to broadcast and stream the NBA.