The risk is that, if the rainforest does reach a catastrophic tipping point beyond which it begins to die back rapidly, then ...

Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, ...

Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical ...

The Boiling River, also known as the Shanay-timpishka or La Bomba, is part of a tributary in east-central Peru that connects to the mighty Amazon River. The hills in this area were scoured by ...

Researchers suggest that recycling gold could dramatically reduce harmful emissions, along with other solutions such as ...

This means that in 2024—a year when Rio Grande do Sul experienced the worst floods in its history—26% of Brazil’s territory ...

Policies designed to occupy and populate the Peruvian Amazon began about seventy years ago with the construction of a trunk ...

Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much ...

An analysis released this week by the U.S. Geological Survey shows Hurricane Helene may have allowed invasive eels, snails and other species to spread in Georgia.

"Explore the Amazon River's most lethal inhabitants, including the shocking electric eel and the elusive black caiman. Join ...

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to ...