A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s ...

One unusual characteristic of Latin American nations is their proclivity to adopt new constitutions that reflect periodic ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about human settlement in the Amazon.

Thousands of Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon marched through the capital of Brazil. Their demonstration aimed to remind ...

Thousands of indigenous people from the Amazon marched through Brasília to highlight the importance of the Amazon rainforest, ...