In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, according to the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses.

In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

"I Am the Nature" poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes of the Indigenous Achuar people.

Brazil captivates visitors with its vibrant culture, stunning beaches, the vast Amazon rainforest, the iconic Christ the ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

What were the chances that I would see a pink dolphin or a sloth? If those animals were smart, they’d still be sleeping, ...

Unforgiving Climate and Terrain The Amazon Rainforest is synonymous with a climate that's harsh and unforgiving. Temperatures ...

Plans to construct a sprawling port and railway line in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão is sparking concerns among some residents and civil society groups about its potential impact on the ...

they compete for food with species like the black caiman, the neotropical river otter, and humans. This competition, combined with other threats, places them among the top 10 endangered animals in the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Alexis Damancio Silva can't forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River.

They fear Donald Trump's second administration will bring nothing good for the Amazon rainforest. Besides Trump's Day 1 move to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, they fear he'll cut U.S ...