The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

In October 2023, a delegation of La Gente de Centro — the Andoke (Pɵɵsiɵhɵ), Nonuya (Nonova), Muinane (Féénemɨnaa) and Uitoto ...

From the murky waters of the Amazon River, a fisherman pulls out a striking creature. Its sleek, over a meter-long body with ...

From the Andes to the Atlantic and back again, the dorado catfish reveals the connectivity of one of the world’s largest ...

Discover 25 iconic tourist destinations that will soon disappear due to climate change, overtourism, and more. Plan your ...

Hatchlings talk inside their shells to time their birth, but the roar of massive barges may soon drown out their sound.

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A chorus of high-pitched squeals cuts through the blanket of mist. We steer our skiff, bobbing up and down on the syrupy brown waters, toward the racket. “It's a troop of squirrel monkeys,” says my ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering sediments, nutrients and organic material, braiding into a vast hydrologic ...

A vast African peatland once thought stable is now leaking carbon thousands of years old. Tropical swamps and peatlands are major components of Earth’s carbon system and play a significant role in ...