Criminal groups behind are placing the region’s vast biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, and Indigenous ways of life, under ...

A large-scale study has identified key predictors of Oropouche virus transmission risk across Latin America, providing ...

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South ...

The Tsiino Hiiwiida: unveiling multiple dimensions of plant and fungal biodiversity of the Upper Rio Negro project will accelerate the discovery of plants and fungi in one of the least explored ...

Greg Grandin’s sweeping history of the new world shows how immutably intertwined the United States is with Latin America.

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

In parts of South America, croplands near small-scale mines face additional risks. In the Amazon basin, deforestation and informal gold mining contribute to mercury releases. Forests act as ...

Located in the central part of the continent, Bolivia has a varied terrain spanning the Andes Mountains, the Atacama Desert and Amazon Basin rainforest. It is also home to Lake Titicaca, South America ...

They will squeeze the last value from what remains — rushing gold sales, destroying the environment, especially in the Amazon basin ... lived and worked in Latin America for more than 20 ...

The world witnessed a series of extreme climate events in 2024, from deadly floods across West Africa and South Asia, to widespread drought across South America ... The Amazon basin has suffered ...