Artificial walkways in the Amazon rainforest aren't only being used by researchers and tourists to safely traverse the canopy. It turns out that these passages are also convenient for the local ...

Wildfires and increasing levels of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest are not new challenges; in fact, Brazil has long had restrictions in place that scientists say have helped reduce how much of ...

Imagine walking through the Amazon and realizing the animals that make it magical might not be there for your kids to see. For many, the Amazon is a place of great mystery, a place where one’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Following intense commercial hunting from the 1930s to the 1950s, scientists and community members are seeing signs that the manatee population in ...

Nearly impossible to spot in their murky habitat, the underwater "ghosts" are coming into view thanks to sonar technology. Manatee biologist Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske extends a hand to an Amazonian ...

Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has provided an insight into the complex relationship between the earliest settlers on the continent and the animals they encountered.