A researcher’s quest to preserve tracts of the Amazon basin leads him into wild adventure.

Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

What’s lurking in and around the rainforest canopy? That’s a hard question to answer, especially in tall and dense forests. Traditional tracking methods, like camera traps, often miss out on elusive ...

Brazil is the world’s most biodiverse country, and the title is not closely contested in absolute numbers: between 10% and 15 ...

There are nearly 60 tarantula species inhabiting the forests and jungles of Colombia. Learn more about these unique species ...

We canoed the Rio Negro and Solimões to observe wildlife from the water during the day and at night, hiking trails and ...

With Eckerd College’s Global Education program, I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil ...

Sophie Brown said she was only able to identify her son through a picture the coroner showed her. Now, she’s fighting for ...

Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly colored ...

Ecuador is located on South America’s west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the equator. Geographically, the country is ...

The Mashco Piro people are thought to be one of the largest uncontacted tribes, and their land is under threat from logging.

Environmental groups are skeptical about whether grain traders that supply livestock feed to global meat markets will keep pledges to avoid buying crops grown on recently deforested lands in Brazil, ...