You can only really do the Amazon from the water. The world’s greatest river rises in Peru’s Andean uplands and ends at the ...

Brazil’s government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a ...

Systemic change is needed. Researchers issue warning after making alarming discovery deep in Amazon rainforest: 'They need to ...

Brazilian public health researchers have found mounting evidence in the state hosting COP30 that mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining has caused widespread neurological problems and disabilities ...

On his first visit to Peru—and his first group tour—contributing writer Ryan Knighton discovers that adventure comes in many, many forms.

Rivers have served as lifelines for civilizations throughout history, shaping landscapes and cultures across continents. These mighty waterways continue to fascinate researchers and explorers today, ...

Brazil plans to blast rocky rapids on the Tocantins River to carve a shipping lane for soy and corn barges, a move that could ...

Illegal gold mining has left the Amazon’s rivers laced with mercury, endangering Indigenous mothers and children in a slow, ...

Technical meeting seeks to strengthen integrated actions for territorial monitoring and income generation to address the pressures of illegal gold mining in the Tapajós region (PA) ...

Izete Costa, known as Dona Nena, is an entrepreneur who produces chocolate on an island in Belém, Brazil’s Pará state, called ...