Machu Picchu has long been the symbol of Peru, but this South American nation is far more than its most famous Inca landmark.

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

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and ...

Fueled by açaí flowers, a bee's resin once used for war wounds is now evolving as a new ingredient for cosmetics.

Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United ...

An assessment of the food hunted across the Amazon rainforest reveals its crucial role and how human pressures, particularly ...

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a Times reporter found some encouraging signs ...

The Amazon rainforest is under constant threat from encroachment and segmentation, but animals are finding a lifeline thanks ...

The Amazon rainforest, often described as the lungs of the planet, is teeming with life. Thousands of Amazonian land ...

BELEM, Brazil, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem ...

After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has lead to years of environmental crisis.