This video shows a colorful tropical bird resting on a tree branch while holding a small insect in its beak deep within the ...

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, ...

The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer ...

Residents and shop owners in Manaus are feeling the World Cup excitement. In the heart of the Brazilian rainforest, Rua 3 is ...

Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon ‌rainforest, a study by nonprofit ...

The Brazilian government said Monday it has committed 3.1 billion reais ($617.5 million) to foster ecological investment in ...

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

The number of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report published by the Brazilian ...

Researchers have uncovered a stunning similarity between the hunting strategies of electric eels in the Amazon rainforest and orcas in the open ocean. The study reveals that both predators and their ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

After sunset in the Amazon rainforest, a war of stealth begins in the rivers and streams. Electric eels ‘see’ the world through electronic pulses. They send out electricity and, through specialist ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey If deforestation ...