In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...

Between November 2023 and October 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced yearly average temperature increases above 2 Celsius ...

Paddington's in Peru! Here's what to pack and what to expect for your Amazon River cruise in Peru (and why you might not want ...

In Manaus, a sprawling city of more than 2 million, the depth of the Rio Negro, a major branch of the Amazon River, reached ...

Recently, we reported that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been pressing the country’s environmental regulators to approve oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, arguing ...

Brazil’s government on Tuesday approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations, signaling the country’s ...

The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...

Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...

In Brazil, USAID’s largest initiative is the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity, which focuses on ...

The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several lines of evidence suggesting habitation, including once-populated sites and ...