Archaeologists working across three countries have identified networks of ancient settlements hidden beneath the Amazon rainforest, some spanning more than 100 hectares and connected by road systems ...

Belém sits at the edge of the vast Amazon basin, where the Guajará Bay meets the rainforest in a swirl of river channels and ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...

From deep in the Amazon rainforest, two dozen previously unknown pre-Columbian earthworks have been brought to light — and more than 10,000 such constructs may still be waiting to be discovered, ...

Have you ever wondered what secrets the Amazon Basin holds beneath its murky waters? I'm Flavio Gallo Cardozo, a biologist from Bolivia, and I'm excited to share with you the journey of discovering a ...

In northern Bolivia, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, lies a savannah called the Llanos de Moxos. This is the stamping-ground of Umberto Lombardo, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

BELEM, Brazil, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen launched on Saturday a new effort with Amazon basin governments to disrupt illicit finance that fuels nature crimes, including ...

Many people view a river in a very visual way. They have banks, moving water, and an obvious pathway through the land. But one river fits none of these descriptions. Instead of moving through the ...

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