The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...

In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...

Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite ...

Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, who had a national hit with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act The Impressions before leaving for a ...

The encounter occurred at around 7pm local time on Wednesday in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River in the south-western Amazon. Footage obtained by The Associated Press shows him barefoot ...

"Often, these risks vs. benefits are looked at in siloes." Researchers uncover new information about fish that may affect ...

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru denounced the use of local children as 'human shields' to protect illegal mining activities and demanded ...

While urinating as a means to communicate or increase social bonding is not uncommon among animals, it is unusual for aquatic ...

The new Paddington in Peru film features the Peruvian bear returning to his homeland to look for his aunt in the Amazon rainforest via river boat. Want to follow Paddington and explore Peru too?

President Lula’s (PT) increased pressure on Ibama (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) has created widespread discontent among the agency’s technical staff and ...