The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several lines of evidence suggesting habitation, including once-populated sites and ...

In Manaus, a sprawling city of more than 2 million, the depth of the Rio Negro, a major branch of the Amazon River, reached ...

The region is believed to have great potential to contain oil reservoirs, but exploration is being questioned by national ...

A new study led by researchers at University College London suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in ancient Gondwana regions, including areas that are now part of Africa and South ...

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 ...

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

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