Plastic may well be a useful everyday item, but its careless disposal in oceans and inland waterways is a pressing global ...

During a field expedition to the "heart" of the Amazon basin in Brazil, researchers discovered two small fish in the region's tea-colored waters that were previously unknown to science. The first ...

The average size of trees in the Amazon rainforest has been steadily increasing due to the rising levels of carbon dioxide ...

A new study quantified the amount of Saharan dust reaching the Amazon to better understand how dust could impact soil fertility in the region. Intense tropical weathering and local biomass burning ...

The Amazon Rainforest is known in part as one of the biggest carbon reserves on the planet (despite our best efforts to make it less so). A new study from U.S. and Brazilian scientists discerns how ...

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey For decades, the dry season in the Amazon rainforest has been getting drier. A new ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Small hydropower plants and small-scale fish farming in the Brazilian Amazon basin are often thought to cause negligible environmental harm, yet a ...

Millions of lasers shot from a helicopter flying over the Amazon basin have revealed evidence of unknown settlements built by a "lost" pre-Hispanic civilization, resolving a long-standing scientific ...

The new tetra fish species measure about half an inch long, according to researchers. Photo by Lopez, G. G. S., Souza, C. S., Reia, L., Mantuaneli, L. A., Morales, B ...