A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.

As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of the canoe and glide across the murky waters of the ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

The Global Crisis. Deforestation and human-animal conflict have become dangerously intertwined as natural habitats shrink.

Remote cameras in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest are surprising experts with unprecedented footage of jaguars and other species.

The Amazon is changing faster than many researchers once thought possible, and the signals are no longer subtle. From record ...

An aerial photograph shows rectangular earthworks in a deforested region of Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon. Credit: Diego Gurgel The future of the Amazon may rely on its past. According to new research ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing longer dry seasons and droughts, which could edge it into a new climate known as the “hypertropics.” Crossing this biome threshold would come with ...