In Amazonas, jaraqui is not just a migratory freshwater fish that people eat widely; it is part of daily culture. Some ...

By Karla Mendes A traditional food source for Amazonian communities, freshwater turtles have been included in Brazil’s list ...

Brazil has listed the six-tubercled Amazon River turtle as endangered for the first time after populations declined by more ...

Falling Amazon deforestation alerts in Brazil could mark an important moment for forest wildlife if the trend continues. Lower forest clearing can benefit jaguars, primates, birds, amphibians, and ...

To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to sample trees across the vast rain-forest. Climate extremes like floods and ...