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

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

In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining. New research shows that mercury pollution, a toxic byproduct of ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being ... Even worse, Verequete said he’s afraid now that the once-unspoiled rainforest has been marred, future incursions further ...

Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

Now that work is underway on the project ... Experts warned that highways running through wild areas like the Amazon rainforest can be major causes of injuries to wildlife, which may never ...

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The BBC’s article has pictures of the clear-cut forest floor where logs have ...

You don’t need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon’s most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. As you ...

Prior to human-generated CO2 from fossil fuels, which traps heat, the Amazon rainforest was a net carbon sink for millennia. Now, it’s joining the global warming/extreme drought onslaught.