Global discussions on preparedness for health emergencies are increasingly framed by the planetary “triple crisis” of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.1 The Amazon stands out, not only ...

DEUS E PAI, Brazil, March 20 (Reuters) - Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her community to the ...

More than 20 years ago, the Sinchi Warmi (‘brave woman’) Indigenous community created a lodge where they could teach visitors about the natural riches of the Amazon rainforest. Interacting with ...

Juma Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil — At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators at times competes with the forest, a sign ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter. Some of the ...

Eating cassava flour helped save the lives of four children found alive in the Amazon jungle more than a month after their plane crashed, according to a Colombian military special forces official. The ...

The mother of four young kids who navigated the Amazon jungle for weeks after a plane crash survived the air accident, too — but was badly wounded and selflessly urged them to leave her to save ...