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Google Begins Mapping For Street View in the Amazon
It is one of the most remote and biodiverse regions on the planet, with a cultural and ecological treasure-trove typically reserved only for those hardy and adventurous enough to unlock it. But soon,...
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Enormous Underground River Discovered in the Amazon
The sprawling Amazon rainforest is easily one of the most fascinating and mysterious regions on the planet, what with its dark, dense vegetation that stretches across the horizon like an unimaginable...
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World's Oldest Person Found Thriving in the Amazon
While the Amazon rainforest is certainly known to be teeming with life, it turns out that the people who live there are too. Maria Lucimar Pereira, an indigenous Amazonian belonging to the Kaxinawá...
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The Week in Animal News: New Monkey Species, Panda Poo Power, and More...
Despite the myriad threats to life in the Amazon rain forest, scientists are still discovering new life there. This week, in the largely unexplored Mato Grosso region of Brazil, scientists not only...
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Most Popular Articles of August: 13-Year-Old's Science Project,...
The long Labor Day weekend (for our American readers, at least) is a bittersweet moment; the extra day off also signals the end of summer. In honor of another season gone, here are the 10 most popular...
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Rebecca Tarbotton on Pressuring and Inspiring the Opposition (Podcast)
The Rainforest Action Network tackles a whole lot more than rainforests, and Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton is leading her organization to the front in a slew of fights. Her preferred tactic:...
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Amazon Drought Released 1.8 Billion Tons of CO2 in 2010
Last year, the Amazon rainforest experienced the worst drought on record, reducing normally flowing rivers to sun-baked stretches of dried mud and pushing the fragile ecosystem to the brink. And even...
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Amazon River Dolphin Populations in Rapid Decline
Of all the remarkable species that inhabit the Amazon river basin, few are as iconic or as threatened as Amazon river dolphins. For decades, the pinkish hued dolphins have been targeted by fishermen...
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The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More...
Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.
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Bolivia Axes Plans to Build a Highway in the Amazon
It was a plan met with controversy from the start: to build a 185-mile long highway through Bolivia's Isibore Secure Reserve, an ecological gem in the Amazon rainforest. For months, thousands of...
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David de Rothschild Prepares for a New Adventure in the Amazon (Interview)
David de Rothschild sailed across the Pacific in a boat made of plastic to raise awareness of ocean pollution. His next adventure takes him to the Amazon.
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01M OneMoment. A New Biodegradable Shoe Concept
A biodegradable show for (almost) all occasions. A cradle to cradle design inspired by ancient Amazon inhabitants. Lightweight, compact and multi-use- it's up to you what you do with it as long as you...
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Half of Brazilians in Fear of War Over the Amazon
According to the results of a new poll, half of all Brazilians surveyed are either certain, or strongly believe that within the next 20 years an attack will be waged on their homeland for control of...
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Crowdfunding Temporarily Halts Oil Extraction From Key Tract of Amazon...
A fundraiser was held last night that collected the $116 million necessary to temporarily halt oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park.
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Africa's Rainforests May Be More Resilient To Climate Change Than Amazon's
It all comes down to the fact that over the past four millennia there have been more changes in climate there which these forests have been through.
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Most Popular Articles of January: Astounding 3D Sculptures from Books,...
The best of January includes amazing landscape sculptures carved from old books, a logging horror in the Amazon, a cycling superhighway, and more.
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Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D Map of the Amazon
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher.
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Spiraling Bamboo Science Tower To Observe Amazon Rainforest
A British charity and conservation group hopes to build a science center and tower out of locally-grown bamboo in the remote Amazon jungle.
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Ecuador Court Rejects Chevron Arbitration Ruling, Reopening $18 Billion Fine...
The legal battle has been drawn out for nearly 20 years now, but the latest news is potentially a good sign for the people of Ecuador.
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European Company Buys Rights to Amazon Tribe's Ancestral Land
The Amazon rainforest remains one of the most mysterious regions on the planet, home to an invaluable treasure-trove of cultural and ecological wealth -- but it too can be had for the right price.
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