A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people across the region.

A shark only just formally discovered might already be extinct - a fate no shark has yet suffered in the human era - while an Amazon river dolphin has become endangered, a Red List of species in ...

Researchers from the UAB and the UB are working with Indigenous Amazonian communities to understand health issues from a ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.

Bangladesh has earned the title “Land of Rivers” due to its incredible network of over 700 rivers that form the world’s largest delta. These rivers are more than just waterways, they shape the country ...

Throughout Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the cuts in aid have left children screaming and crying for ...

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

Scientists have discovered a new species of poisonous frog—brightly colored and measuring just a few millimeters—in the ...

"Our previous studies showed that improvements to water quality in the river increased biodiversity, and now we have more ...

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively murky waters appear to shield it against climate change — for now.