The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

A new study led by researchers at University College London suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in ...

An assortment of creatures native to the Amazon Rainforest will soon make their homes at the Caldwell Zoo. This included the ...

More information: F. Gallo-Cardozo et al, A New Species of Piranha (Serrasalmus, Serrasalmidae) from the Upper Madeira River System, Amazon Basin, Bolivia, Journal of Ichthyology (2024). DOI: 10. ...

The other factor is fire. The Amazon basin, once likened to an Inland Sea by Alfred Russell Wallace, is becoming dryer. Huge areas of primary forest, once too wet to ever be at risk of fires ...

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...

French banking groups Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and BPCE have been discreetly investing in the oil and gas industry accused of polluting the Amazon basin – despite their ecological pledges.

Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' ...