The world's largest isolated tribe reappears in the Peruvian Amazon as illegal logging increases the risk of contact and ...

The US State Department warns Americans not to travel to these 21 countries due to risks like terrorism, kidnapping, and ...

A newly shared video is giving people an unusually clear look at the Mashco Piro, a rarely seen Indigenous community living in voluntary isolation deep in the Amazon rainforest. The footage has been ...

A multidisciplinary team of Brazilian researchers argues in an article published in the BMJ that health systems in the ...

Chunky Panday swears by eating 2 garlic (cloves) every day: ‘Don’t talk to me in the morning’ Four Leg Symptoms May Be the First Warning Signs of a Deadly Cancer Affecting Over a Million Each Year ...

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

Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that burn gold-mercury amalgams to extract gold particles. Credit: Simon Topp. In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, ...

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

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

Once destined for the priesthood, Edson Abreu dos Santos now shepherds volunteers to tackle Amazon’s fire crisis.

Borneo's ancient rainforests, older than the Amazon, harbor extraordinary carnivorous plants. These unique species, like the Nepenthes pitcher plants, have evolved to supplement nutrient-poor soil by ...