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

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

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination ...

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

Supporting Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras’ PBR offshore drilling in Brazil’s Foz do Amazonas region, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly urged environmental regulator Ibama to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role for Indigenous peoples, giving them a voice for ...

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.

This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of Indigenous people living in isolation from the rest of society.

Government agencies in Peru have voted against establishing a new reserve meant to protect Indigenous people living in part of the country’s Amazon basin from outside incursions. Indigenous groups in ...