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

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

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

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

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

The Amazon rainforest is like nowhere else on the planet. But so is the Lacandón Jungle, and it's right here in Mexico!

The Amazon has been called a “tree of rivers” – multi-branched, intricate, connected – and in many ways, a cruise is the only way to really explore it.

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

A recent study conducted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in collaboration with the University of Barcelona (UB) has detected worrying lead levels in the blood of 95% of the indigenous ...

Mariah Carey contains multitudes. Not only has she partnered with Amazon, the rainforest, but she’s also partnered with Amazon, the Big Tech company. Firstly, this week Carey unveiled a new collection ...

Life in the Amazon region following total deforestation of its rainforest sounds pretty bleak: dry spells punctuated by bouts of extreme rain; strong winds that stunt any forest regrowth; and rising ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...