In Alto Mayo, a forest in Peru, there's more than meets the eye. Conservation International's recent survey of Alto Mayo, which is part of the Amazon, exceeded expectations, with findings that change ...
The Amazon Rainforest is increasingly being threatened by plastic pollution. According to research published in the journal Ambio, plastic fragments have been found in wildlife and water across all ...
Several studies have shown alarming changes in Amazonian birds, linking the major shifts to climate change. Bodily and vocal ...
On Nov. 26, 2024, a Facebook user posted a story (archived) about a "shocking discovery" that was allegedly made in the Amazon rainforest — the skeleton of a two-headed giant. The user said scientists ...
In the thick green depths of the Amazon, long thought to be untouched wilderness, a stunning discovery has emerged. For decades, the rainforest was seen as too hostile for ancient urban life. But that ...
The researchers uncovered hundreds of fragments of amber, some containing ancient insects, pollen and tree leaves, at a sandstone quarry in Ecuador that’s on the edge of what is today the Amazon basin ...
According to research published in the journal Ambio, plastic fragments have been found in wildlife and water across all nine Amazonian countries. As Mongabay observed, microplastics are appearing ...
WASHINGTON – Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were ...