If you liked this story, share it with other people. Following intense commercial hunting from the 1930s to the 1950s, scientists and community members are seeing signs that the manatee population in ...

Even though the Amazon is still a powerhouse of plant and animal life, about 18% of it has been cut down since the 1970s. Seeking ways to help get some of that lost forestland back, researchers have ...

A study reveals how little we know about the Amazonian diversity. Aiming to resolve a scientific debate about the validity of two species of freshwater shrimp described in the first half of the last ...

The Horta da Terra production farm. Imagine a farm that doesn’t look like a farm. Instead of uniform rows of the same crop, this place is a riot of colors, textures, and heights. It feels more like a ...

In 2017, geologist Roberto Ventura Santos, of the University of Brasília (UnB), spent four days with his team in a plastic pool assembled at a hotel in Puerto Maldonado, an eastern Peruvian city of 40 ...

Highly positive social outcomes are linked to biodiversity efforts in Amazonian Sustainable-Use Protected Areas, according to new research. The study investigated the social consequences of living ...

Stephen Nugent has received funding from the University of London; Leverhulme Trust. Meanwhile, the National Geographic (partly responsible for the funding of the project) announced that the “Amazon ...