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

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

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

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.

Deep in the murky waters of the Amazon River system, scientists have identified a new fish species with a bold look—and a name to match. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Neotropical Ichthyology, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Fredy Yavinape was a young child, he didn’t know the biological concept of an “umbrella species.” These are species that ...

Mercury contamination comes mainly from illegal gold mining and forest clearing that wash mercury that naturally occurs in ...

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

Image An Indigenous Korubo boy in the Amazon rainforest. Image by Paulo Múmia/Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas [National ...

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 ...