An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the ...

A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S. More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year.

Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns across southern Panama, where migrant reception centers provided food, water ...

The Darien Gap in Panama is an expanse of wild tropical forest that has ... the 48,000km-long Pan-American Highway holds the record for the world's longest motorable road. But there is a gap ...

Migrants' dangerous journey north 07:02. The Pan-American Highway is the longest road in the world. Stretching from Alaska to Argentina, its construction was once the largest international ...

There are places on the map where the roads end. The Darién Gap, or el Tapon del Darién, is one of them. Plus, how maps change the world. This episode first aired in October, 2020.

The "Panamericana" is the ultimate road trip. Since Alaska's Dalton Highway opened in 1974, the Pan-American Highway has stretched all the way north to the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska .

Darien Gap: Desperate Journey to America 27:40. ... For us, it's the end of the road. We pack up and prepare to go home and edit.

When migrating children and families emerge from the treacherous Darién Gap, UNICEF is there to provide support through Self-Care and Child-Friendly Spaces. In Lajas Blancas, Darién, Panama in ...

Last August, special correspondents Nadja Drost and Bruno Federico brought us the extraordinary stories of people so desperate to improve their lives they headed through the Darien Gap, one of the ...