Experts detail the benefits of swimming, from strengthening your muscles to reducing inflammation and boosting your mental health—and how to get started. Swimming offers a low-impact exercise with ...

Independent monitoring has found a high prevalence of deformities in fish in the Volta Grande do Xingu area of the Brazilian Amazon, following the construction of the massive Belo Monte dam. Potential ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area was established to protect a swath of the Amazon Rainforest from the cattle industry. However, satellite data show the reserve has lost around ...

It was sunny when I first walked into the University of Colorado Boulder. I had come from far away—from Brazil’s heartlands—to share what a community-based native seed collection network looks like in ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, which means many entrepreneurs’ minds are turning towards beach getaways, lakeside camping trips, or lazy days at the pool with the kids.

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of qualified swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning. The Chicago River Swim marked the return of competitive open-water swimming in the river in nearly a ...

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For over 5 years, Arthur has been professionally covering video games, writing guides and walkthroughs. His passion for video games began at age 10 in 2010 when he first played Gothic, an immersive ...

As my athletic pursuits ended in my mid-20s, I still wanted to be as close to sports as possible. Pursuing a career as a licensed mental health professional allowed me to work with athletes from the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new project to protect forests and promote sustainable development in the Lower Xingu region, in the state of Pará, ...