Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral.

Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

Two significant criminal enterprises are believed to have been disrupted, while the value of all the seizures totals $64 million.

In the Denver Zoo’s aviary, visitors can meet the playful Andean condors Evita and Andy. The enormous birds stand tall on top ...

Assets worth more than US$64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation ...

Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos ...

An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has ...

Busloads of tourists chased viral shots against the colorful peak of Peru’s Rainbow Mountain. A battle for control of the ...

Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South ...

Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, usually predator and prey, hanging out together ...

Amazon Basin countries and the UAE joined forces to target illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging and fuel smuggling.