A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...

The Darvaza gas crater, also called the “Door to Hell” or “Gates of Hell,” is a burning natural gas crater in Turkmenistan’s ...

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Logan the Amazon River turtle has been elected mayor of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport. Logan beat out contenders ...

As Brazil’s government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal ...

This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the ...

Sharks that venture into brackish water, such as estuaries, river mouths, and mangrove swamps, are often highly adaptable ...

By Mark J. Plotkin Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am ...

Pine woods, cypress swamps, and mangrove forests all exist in one place. Special scrub-jays make their homes in the sandy scrub areas. These bright blue birds live nowhere else on Earth except right ...

A market central to a Brazilian port city’s culture and cuisine got a makeover for the U.N. Climate Change Conference. The ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

Scientists attributed the mass dolphin deaths in Brazil to record heat and shrinking lakes during a 2023 drought in the ...