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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Months before COP30, Brazil's president Lula da Silva seeks the expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project in ...

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

Despite a 2024 decrease in deforestation in the Amazon Basin, the tropics continue to lose forest cover at an alarming rate. “It is well known and widely accepted that forest loss threatens ...

In Brazil, USAID’s largest initiative is the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity, which focuses on conservation and improving livelihoods for Indigenous peoples and other ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...