Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about ...

In 2023, hydro-electricity accounted for nearly half of Brazil's installed energy capacity, and more than 60% of its total ...

Recently, the Groves’ Titi monkeys have been venturing out beyond the boundaries of the Amazon rainforest where they live, ...

As REDD projects around the world face setbacks, restoration projects in the Amazon are flourishing as a means of reviving ...

These were the first steps of “The Herds,” a moving theater performance made up of cardboard puppet animals that flee from ...

A Mongabay investigation that revealed an illegal cattle boom amid a record-high number of killings of Indigenous Guajajara ...

Environmental organizations worldwide have warned that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is close to reaching a point of no return, something which has worsened under President Jair Bolsonaro.

minister says Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Thursday.

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

As the deadline for the implementation of the European Union anti deforestation law, scheduled for next December 30, (even when it could be delayed), the powerful Brazilian cattle and meat ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...