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

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Home to the largest river in the world by volume, the Amazon, Brazil holds about 12% of global freshwater reserves. As a ...

At the same time, the Amazon River plunged to record lows for the second consecutive year, forcing governments to declare ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

Brazil has struggled with water scarcity from the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands. For the past four years, the ...

ExxonMobil plans a massive oil expansion in Guyana amid fears over an environmental disaster in the Amazon rainforest.

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

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel ... Visitors are paired with naturalist guides who take them on forest walks and river excursions twice a day. Water is heated by solar ...

River pirates and guerrilla rebels. Jaguars in the rain forest, piranha in the water and ... a Brazilian island in the Amazon that juts out into the Atlantic. They followed the coast, timing ...