The wildcat gold mining boom that swept across the Amazon beginning in the 1970s left behind an environmental catastrophe of ...

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the ...

A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its ...

A MAJOR international scientific collaboration bringing together the University of Guyana and leading research institutions ...

Brightly-hued scarlet macaws are among the many birds of the Amazon Basin. (Courtesy photo) The spectacular birds and ...

A massive Amazonian fish yields the unique and once overlooked leather prized by luxury brands and Texas cowboys.

In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had previously mostly escaped the rampant plunder of other areas.

In a room at the back of her house, Vera Alves da Silva Oliveira keeps the air-conditioning on day and night to protect bags of seeds gathered by hand from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and Cerrado ...

Parrots represent one of the most interesting and colourful species of birds. The parrot family, scientifically classified ...

The decline of the forest, following extractive work, deforestation, tree cutting, agricultural expansion, illegal logging, ...

When human error erases 5,000 years of history, we become even more aware that humankind is not perfect. The incident ...