It’s while hanging from a harness halfway down a 60m waterfall on the flanks of an active volcano in Costa Rica that my mind ...

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

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

As Brazilian authorities prepare for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in November in Belém, constructing a new four-lane highway - Avenida Liberdade - through the protected Amazon rainforest has ...

G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.

In the Brazilian Amazon, seedlings offer hope for drying rivers ...

The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations. By Alissa Wilkinson Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action ...

An Indigenous person carries a scale during a march at the annual Free Earth camp where Brazil’s Indigenous communities discuss rights, territorial protection and their role in COP30, which will take ...