Frank Wolff egy karizmatikus hajóskapitány, aki némi készpénzért segítséget nyújt az eltökélt tudósnak, hogy teljesíthesse küldetését és rátaláljon a gyógyító erejű Életfára. Csakhogy a kalandjuk során nem csupán a dzsungel állataival, de egy német kutatócsoporttal is szembe kell nézniük, akik ugyanazzal a céllal érkeztek az őserdőbe, mint Dr. Lily Houghton. Vajon melyikük ér célt hamarabb?
Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) és kis csapata a brazíliai őserdőbe érkezik, hogy dokumentumfilmet készítsenek egy titokzatos indián törzsről. Csatlakozik hozzájuk egy magányos vadász, Paul Sarone (John Voigt), aki karizmájának köszönhetően hamarosan átveszi az expedíció irányítását. Vezetésével egyre mélyebbre hatolnak az őserdő sűrűjébe, mire a filmesek rádöbbennek, hogy Sarone csapdába csalta őket. A megszállott vadászt ugyanis egyetlen cél hajtja: megtalálni és foglyul ejteni a folyó gyilkos urát, a 16 méteres anakondát.
Néhány tudós kihajózik a Fekete Lagúnába, hogy befogják a szörnyet aki egy évvel ezelőtt végzett az korábbi csapat néhány tagjával. A lényt egy hatalmas akváriumba zárják és kopoltyús ember néven turistalátványosságként tárják a látogatók szeme elé, ám a lény hamarosan megszökik.
1560-ban a spanyol konkvisztádorok - élükön a hírhedt Pizarróval - az amazonasi őserdők mélyére indulnak. Kalandos és veszélyekkel teli expedíciójuk célja, hogy felleljék a mesés El Doradót, az Aranyvárost. Aguirre, a csapat vezére istennek tartja magát, s míg csapatát felőrli a természettel és a bennszülöttekkel vívott küzdelem, a háborodott hatalommániás magára marad a majmok között. "Én vagyok isten haragja. Ahol én vagyok, ott a fákról lehullanak a madarak. Feleségül veszem a lányomat és megalapítom a legtisztább dinasztiát. Aki velem tart, gazdag lesz, aki nem, az meghal."
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.
The documentary recreates the mythical journey made by the native peoples of Sarayaku in the Amazon, who navigated down the river for months until they reached Kachi Urku, the mountain of salt.
Rock and Dr. Andrea travel up the Amazon to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been before...
Little boy Henry Clayton Jr. survives a plane crash in the untamed Amazon jungle. However, he's discovered by a tribe of vicious savages who plan on sacrificing him. Meanwhile, Henry's father ventures into the jungle to find the missing lad before it's too late.
The Amazon is one of the wildest and least explored parts of the planet. Encompassing 6 countries and 2 million square miles of forest, river and floodplain, it has the highest diversity of life on the planet, but what lies below it is truly shocking. In its deep muddy rivers, clear streams and expansive floodplains a freak-show of fish life has exploded, with some of the strangest shapes and weirdest adaptations on Earth. Hiding in the vast rivers and streams is an electric grid, a bizarre community of fish with a highly sophisticated electric sixth sense. Using electricity, these "Super" fish can communicate wirelessly, control each other remotely and emit shocks that can stop a human heart. This cryptic world has mystified scientists throughout the ages. Now an intrepid scientist, Will Crampton ventures back into the dark jungles where the inspiration for our technology driven world first emerged, in an attempt to unravel their secrets and unlock the electric code.
A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Lopez, is an explorer who finds gold in the jungle. Before returning to the city, he is bitten by a poisonous snake. In the midst of his despair, he finds a sage who has the cure for his problem. However, he must pass all the tests that he puts to him.
The electric eel lives in the fresh waters of the Amazon Basin. It can give an electrical discharge capable of killing a horse. This eel can locate fish by means of "radar," then captures its prey by knocking it out with a violent shock of electricity. In Experience With an Eel, Dr. Irwin Moon and his lab assistants demonstrate the eel's electrical shocking power. The study of the electric eel helps to answer many questions concerning the relationship of science and the Word of God.
Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars and tropical flora with footage of Indigenous rituals--including some of the earliest known moving images of the Indigenous Witoto people--and longer sequences showcasing the region’s extractive industries: rubber, the Brazil nut, timber, fishing, even the egret feathers that were a staple of women’s fashion at the time.