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Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, a commercially valuable catfish species and an apex predator, grows to 3 meters long. Scientists have long suspected that it makes an extraordinary migration from the ...

Even though the Amazon is still a powerhouse of plant and animal life, about 18% of it has been cut down since the 1970s. Seeking ways to help get some of that lost forestland back, researchers have ...

The man has been living alone for 22 years, according to a government agency. Rare video released from a government agency in Brazil shows footage of a lone survivor of an Amazonian tribe who has been ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Following intense commercial hunting from the 1930s to the 1950s, scientists and community members are seeing signs that the manatee population in ...

Some of the globe's richest soil -- known as terra preta, or Amazonian dark earths -- can transform poor soil into highly fertile ground. Because terra preta is loaded with so-called bio-char -- ...

The Horta da Terra production farm. Imagine a farm that doesn’t look like a farm. Instead of uniform rows of the same crop, this place is a riot of colors, textures, and heights. It feels more like a ...

Highly positive social outcomes are linked to biodiversity efforts in Amazonian Sustainable-Use Protected Areas, according to new research. The study investigated the social consequences of living ...

A meeting on the Church in the Amazon region took place in Manaus, Brazil, Aug. 19-22. (Credit: Brazilian Bishops’ Conference.) Listen SÃO PAULO – Five years after the Amazon Synod, members of the ...

The orange chick of an Amazonian bird looks a lot like a toxic caterpillar. Now a rare peek into a nest suggests the chick may act the part, too. Adults of the bird called the cinereous mourner ...