As the northern hemisphere blazes under the summer sun, the south offers a cool alternative. Ski, hike, encounter wildlife, ...

It is another steamy morning in Puerto Maldonado, and Gabriel Granados Olivera and I are sitting on a low-slung motorized ...

It's eleven hundred tributaries drain the greatest river basin on the planet,(an area of more than two million square miles), and along its incredible journey it collects and transports one fifth of ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer ...

Brazil captivates many travelers, yet most visitors stick to familiar hotspots like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

As dawn sunlight seeped through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a colorful creature with “toxic skin” climbed down ...

The longest rivers in the world stretch over thousands of kilometres. From the Amazon to the Nile, they are crucial to human ...

Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are preserving diverse plant species. And, how micronutrients could help address world hunger.

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A report of Brazil’s Amazon beef industry published reveals that slaughterhouses complying with a settlement agreement are ...

A settlement involving federal prosecutors and Brazilian meat packers has helped wean much of the country's beef supply chain ...