Pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) live exclusively in the forests surrounding Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state and home to 2.2 million people. Their range spans ... sits in the eye of the ...

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

It is always fun to think about escaping. Maybe to a lush rainforest or explore the depths of the ocean or even go cave diving. The allure of the unknown always draws us.

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

G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

BAY OF BENGAL, Indian (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - An American tourist was arrested for allegedly traveling to a remote island and trying to contact an isolated tribe. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov has ...

There, he left an “offering” of Diet Coke and a coconut to the remote Sentinelese tribe, which has resisted outsiders in the past, The New York Times reports. Police arrested Polyakov when he ...

Getty An American tourist was arrested after allegedly sneaking onto an isolated island in an attempt to meet a remote tribe untouched by the modern world — and leaving a coconut and a can of ...

Indian police have arrested an American YouTuber, accusing him of traveling to the remote North Sentinel Island — home to one of the world’s most isolated tribes — without authorization.

(CNN) - An American was arrested for allegedly traveling to an island in the Bay of Bengal that is home to an isolated tribe. Authorities said Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov made the trip ...