Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire.

"This alters the dynamics of the ecosystem. The Amazon Rainforest is sensitive to changes. Prolonged droughts reduce humidity ...

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest echo a development vision ...

A formerly “chubby kid” who made history completing ultramarathons in the Arctic, Amazon, desert and mountains said sports ...

We may at some stage have come across a remarkable lady by the name of Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke, a German-Peruvian mammalogist who will be best known for being the sole survivor at the age of 17 ...

So epic is this land mass, even seasoned travellers will find fresh wonders to discover in the countries of South America.

See All Key Ideas Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands ...

The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...