"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary ...

"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary ...

A heatwave made lakes in the Amazon hotter than the maximum temperature recommended for hot tubs — a death sentence for ...

As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet. How ...

A new study that links extreme rains with lower birth weights in Brazil's Amazon region underscores the long-term health ...

With hospitals overflowing and oxygen supplies running low, indigenous leader Joilson Karapana fears a second wave of COVID-19 deaths in the Brazilian city of Manaus could prove even more devastating ...

In a blow to illegal gold miners along South America's Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges ...

A planned $2.5 billion potash mine in the rainforest is billed as key to Brazil’s expanding agricultural exports and to the ...

As fossil fuel production surges, health experts warn that climate change is becoming a growing public health emergency. In the lead-up to COP30, more than 230 organizations and individuals signed an ...

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the country's oldest and most powerful criminal organizations, which dominates the drug trade in several cities ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo have discovered a molecule in arachnid venom that behaves like a commonly used chemotherapy drug for treating the disease. The venom of a scorpion native to ...