You no longer need a plane ticket to Brazil and a trek through the rainforest to land one of the world’s most elusive ...

A s manatee populations in South Florida are threatened by the weight of human impacts, from motorboat strikes to ...

What is an Amazonian Shaman doing in New York City? This video explores the intersection of spirituality and urban life as we ...

Top thinkers and stakeholders from Brazil will visit the Princeton campus May 5-6 to discuss with the University community the critical environmental and climate justice issues facing the Brazilian ...

Genetic mapping conducted by the Federal University of Pará helps address challenges such as difficult reproduction in ...

American ecologist and author Paul Rosolie achieved a unique feat by filming, for the first time, an Amazonian tribe completely isolated from the modern world. These images of the Nomoles, filmed ...

Even though the Amazon is still a powerhouse of plant and animal life, about 18% of it has been cut down since the 1970s. Seeking ways to help get some of that lost forestland back, researchers have ...

Highly positive social outcomes are linked to biodiversity efforts in Amazonian Sustainable-Use Protected Areas, according to new research. The study investigated the social consequences of living ...

Lack of contact with the outside world and an active lifestyle could play a role in why indigenous groups in the remote Amazon of Bolivia have some of the lowest rates of dementia in the world. Only ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sworn in Flávio Dino, the first justice of the country’s highest court with an Amazonian background in almost 20 years. Amazonian states have gone largely unrepresented at ...