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

What is the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? It’s a question that has fuelled debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle ... is to map the river ...

Several bands of Awá nomads—the easternmost isolated, or “uncontacted,” people in the Amazon—roam the woodlands ... He unfurled a map of the Arariboia territory and traced a finger ...

For decades, the dense jungle concealed these ancient ruins from view. Lidar technology, which maps the ground beneath the canopy, is revolutionizing archaeology in the Amazon. Every scan reveals ...

Martínez and Franco carried a large topographical map of Río Puré National Park ... Colombia has turned almost 82 million acres of Amazon jungle, nearly half its Amazon region, into 14.8 ...

Fires in the Amazon rainforest, during the summer months, aren't new. But this year, it's the worst on record. While Brazil's government has called warnings about the fires "sensationalist" and ...

Could even larger anacondas exist in the vast Amazon? Researchers say the jungle still holds many secrets yet to be uncovered. MC Science Desk Read the latest and trending science news—stay ...