Illegal mining has enriched the Maduro regime and criminal groups while devastating the Amazon and its people. The U.S. is ...

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.

As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of the canoe and glide across the murky waters of the ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Remote cameras in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest are surprising experts with unprecedented footage of jaguars and other species.

A study has revealed that humanity's footprint in the Amazon rainforest is reshaping the forest in ways scientists didn't expect — altering its deep evolutionary history and disrupting how the ...

An aerial photograph shows rectangular earthworks in a deforested region of Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon. Credit: Diego Gurgel The future of the Amazon may rely on its past. According to new research ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...