The Andean Community has ordered Peru to take immediate action against illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking. The ...

Local patrols in the Amazon are leading a conservation success story, protecting forests and wildlife against growing threats ...

Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in ...

Plastic pollution is so widespread in the Amazon that it’s turning up in fish, birds, manatees, and even remote streams far ...

One question I get asked all the time is, “What’s been your favorite fly fishing destination?” And my answer? I can’t pick just one. I could name a top five, I could suggest some trips that should be ...

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

In northern Zambia in February, a tailings dam at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia copper mine suddenly collapsed, spilling 50 million liters of waste containing cyanide and arsenic into the Kafue River.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government's expedition on the banks of the Itui ...

The average size of trees in the Amazon rainforest has been steadily increasing due to the rising levels of carbon dioxide ...

Manaus, Brazil — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe Biden declared Sunday that there’s no going back in America’s “clean energy revolution” even as the incoming Trump administration ...