A team of Brazilian Greenpeace environmental activists on Friday placed a protect banner on a sandbank that has emerged in ...

An intense drought in Colombia has lowered the water levels of the Amazon River, the longest and most voluminous river in the ...

Brazilian Legal Amazonia (BLA)—which comprises the entirety of the Amazon Basin located in Brazil and vast adjacent swathes ...

Forest loss is thought to have played a part in record low rainfall across South America this year, in a sign that ...

Embattled political systems in Latin America make it difficult for conservationists and environmental policymakers to ...

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

In the Eastern Amazon flooded forest, trees stay partly covered by water due to the rainy season that typically lasts from February to June. Photo is taken in early August when the water levels start ...

A visit to Ecuadorian Andes and Amazon rain forest takes preparation. Before the trip, I worked out regularly, declined ...

Many Latin American brand founders have been doing this for ages—sharing their ancestral practices and philosophies for what ...

Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems ...

The Amazon Rainforest’s main rivers are drying out due to an unprecedented drought exacerbated by climate change. Levels have ...