The Indigenous leader on the threats to his Kayapó tribe, why ancestral knowledge matters — and the meaning behind his ...

Atxu Marima survived the flu that killed his family after a jaguar attack drove them from their Indigenous group in the ...

Disease decimated the isolated Nukak people of Colombia. Now, leaders are fighting deforestation to reclaim their lands.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the ...

Life in the Amazon region following total deforestation of its rainforest sounds pretty bleak: dry spells punctuated by bouts of extreme rain; strong winds that stunt any forest regrowth; and rising ...

Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just ...

WHEN a plane crashed in the Amazon jungle carrying four young children, there was little hope of finding them alive. It took rescuers two weeks to trace the wreckage of the Cessna that went down ...

FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit ...

Mariah Carey contains multitudes. Not only has she partnered with Amazon, the rainforest, but she’s also partnered with Amazon, the Big Tech company. Firstly, this week Carey unveiled a new collection ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...