The young man from an Indigenous Amazonian tribe is receiving medical treatment, while authorities prepare to attempt ...

By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in ...

Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.

In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the death of Sister Stang, who is considered by many as a "Martyr of the Amazon," a ...

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing ... Brazil and working with corporations that are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon. “There are more than 300 McDonald’s ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...