Dr. Magali Nehemy stood on the banks of the Tapajós River in the Amazon rainforest when the community's chief—a man in his ...

Megaloblatta belongs to a genus of exceptionally large cockroaches found across Central and South America. Known for their ...

Noctourism -- touring places at night -- is a unique way to see exciting sights you wouldn't be able to experience during the ...

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

As global warming accelerates, winters are heating faster than summers, according to the research group Climate Central. That ...

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...

Deep inside Ecuador’s Amazon basin, scientists have identified a massive new species of anaconda that may be the largest ...

By Lucas Berti Açaí’s deep purple pulp is widely considered a “superfood” for its antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. The berry grows naturally in the Amazon and has become a star for the ...

The sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest come alive in this video that makes you feel you are in the heart of Amazonia.

The Amazon rainforest has yielded yet another new species, according to a recent study published in Zootaxa. Discovered in ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an unusual experiment is deliberately pumping out greenhouse gas to measure how flora and ...

Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago.