The Amazon River is home to some of the most diverse and mysterious wildlife on Earth. Beneath its murky waters lurk strange ...

3. Squirrel Monkey. Monkeys are easily some of the most common animals in the Amazon, with nine different species living there. However, one that you are most likely to encounter is the squirrel ...

Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining ...

A lifelong fascination with nature and fieldwork led this researcher to the world of ethnobiology a field where ecology, ...

BC: One of the greatest myths is about the Great Snake—a huge snake that is said to inhabit the Amazon River and sleep ...

With an estimated 8.75 million living species on earth, there are always going to be some weird and unusual animals you've never heard of. From the friendly-faced axolotl who's one of the most unusual ...

The Detroit Zoological Society’s Amazon program equips students with supplies and knowledge—linking conservation and ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

Dr Beatriz Cosendey is an associate researcher at the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development and a postdoctoral ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...