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, ...

According to a Reuters report, the tech giant is planning to announce the layoffs on Tuesday. While roles are reportedly ...

Akshay Kumar and Jr NTR are poised for a box office showdown later this year. The release dates for their upcoming films, ...

Never-before-seen high-definition footage of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe has surfaced in a recent interview between an ...

Explore 10 mysterious indoor plants from the Amazon Jungle, featuring exotic species with unique foliage, intriguing shapes, rare colors, air-purifying qualities, and low-maintenance care that bring a ...

A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest against deforestation. Many of the trees cut down or ...

SAO PAULO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact ...

The Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) is a massive conservation program that has helped reduce deforestation across 120 conservation areas in the Brazilian Amazon and avoided 104 million metric ...

The road to hell is paved. Whenever a dirt track in Brazil’s Amazon jungle is overlaid with asphalt, it takes little time for the emerald rainforest surrounding it to disappear in a suffocating plume ...