Known as the “Suicide Forest,” it’s eerily silent and steeped in tragic history and mystery. Filled with venomous snakes, ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

Imagine walking through a steamy, ancient rainforest. The air is thick with humidity, the trees tower above, and somewhere ...

Named the Northern Green Anaconda (Eunectes akayima), this reptilian behemoth can grow up to 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) in length ...

This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. Last Thursday, Hanieh Moghani, a legal scholar from Iran, was ...

Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous constricting snake, prefer a diet of mammals, birds or reptiles. But ...

The world’s largest snake has recently been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. This new species of northern green anaconda ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand ...

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 ...