Every rainy season, the Cristalino River in the south of the Amazon basin bursts its banks, enabling travellers to kayak ...

When Fredy Yavinape was a young child, he didn’t know the biological concept of an “umbrella species.” These are species that require large areas of undisturbed habitat to survive, which is why they ...

Recent research shows that there is considerable overlap in the important corridors for jaguars and key freshwater species, ...

Monitoring shows a 52% decline in pink dolphins and a 34% drop in gray river dolphins in this part of the Amazon in recent ...

Almost all amber from the past 130 million years was found in the northern hemisphere, so this deposit offers a rare window into southern Gondwana's humid Cretaceous forests.

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known ...

Forest fires have consumed millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and the illegal burning of forests and pastures. Helicopter used in ...

During a field expedition to the “heart” of the Amazon basin in Brazil, researchers discovered two small fish in the region’s tea-colored waters that were previously unknown to science. The fish, both ...

In the video, which was shared by the Climate Insiders account (@climate_insiders), you can hear the crashing sounds of a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin. The ...