The Amazon rainforest is in trouble. According to Earth.com, 1,539 square miles of it, or an area around five times the size ...

Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

Listen to Story Ficus insipda trees can monitor atmospheric mercury emissions Trees offer a cost-effective biomonitoring method for mercury Research supports UN Minamata Convention on Mercury goals ...

Credit: Simon Topp. In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, pushing deep into the rainforest and indigenous lands. Small-scale operations set up primarily illicitly and operated in the ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. But unlike other espionage efforts, there is no risk of betrayal ...

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Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Image via Neil Palmer/CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons ...

Gregg Brandalise was inspired to tell the story of how Dorothy Stang, a Catholic nun, fought for 40 years to save the Amazon rainforest and its people after watching the documentary ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is a sprawling expanse of biodiversity. Beyond its towering trees and verdant foliage, it hosts an incredible variety of wildlife, ...