Deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon lies a river so hot it can boil anything that falls into it. This natural wonder, ...

Researchers say they have made a startling discovery in the Amazon River. But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations ...

Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...

S tudents in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in ...

In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also faces threats from deforestation, wildfires and illegal gold mining, Charvet said. Illegal fires to clear forest result in waves of ash ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its role in producing oxygen and cleaning the world's air. The forest stores up ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

Worldwide, large-scale monocrop agriculture is the most significant driver of deforestation. Bulldozers flatten natural landscapes, wiping out wildlife and destroying the forest resources that ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

Indonesia has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation, with key drivers including timber plantations, palm oil cultivation and, increasingly, the mining of critical minerals. Its ...