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AMERICAN FAMILY MISSING IN AMAZON RIVER PIRATE ATTACK ARE FOUND SAFE
He said Emily Harteau grew up in Sacramento and Adam grew up in Juniper Hills in the San Gabriel Mountains just north-east of Los Angeles... READ MORE›
AMERICAN FAMILY MISSING IN THE AMAZON AFTER POSSIBLE PIRATE ATTACK
The family along with other passengers were forced down the Amazon river into an area known as Porto dos Dias... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA FAMILY MISSING IN BRAZIL JUNGLE STATE OF PARA
The family had recently been living in the southern Brazil city of Florianopolis, officials said... READ MORE›
SATELLITE EYE ON EARTH: SEPTEMBER 2017 - IN PICTURES
The Bosphorus, also called the Istanbul Strait, divides Europe lower half of the image from Asia upper ... READ MORE›
AS BRAZIL PUSHES MINING IN AMAZON CONSERVATION ZONE, ANCIENT TRIBE VOWS FIGHT TO THE DEATH
These are the Waiapi, an ancient tribe living in Brazil's Amazon rain forest who fear invasion by international mining companies... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S WORST MONTH EVER FOR FOREST FIRES BLAMED ON HUMAN ACTIVITY
The Amazonian state of Para was the worst affected, with a 229 percent increase in fires from last year... READ MORE›
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GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
Deforestation in the Amazon River basin, hundreds of miles away, may also be adding to Sao Paulo's water crisis... READ MORE›
FIRST IMAGES OF UNIQUE BRAZILIAN CORAL REEF AT MOUTH OF AMAZON
The mouth of the Amazon river basin is also the habitat of the American manatee, the Amazon river's yellow turtle, dolphins and the river otter... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS PERUVIANS WIN AMAZON POLLUTION PAYOUT FROM US OIL GIANT
Rather than Los Angeles, the plaintiffs successfully appealed to overturn this decision, and the US supreme court refused to hear the company's arguments in 2013... READ MORE›
NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON
While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CITY OF MANAUS
In another prison in Amazonas, 87 inmates escaped in the first hours of Monday, Fonte said... READ MORE›
MACAP JOURNAL THERES NO LAW ON THE AMAZON RIVER PIRATES TERRORIZE SHIPS BY NIGHT
Macap Journal Theres No Law on the Amazon River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night... READ MORE›
EXTRAORDINARY MIGRATION OF GIANT AMAZON CATFISH REVEALED
The dorado catfish travels 11,600km from the Andes to the mouth of the Amazon and back, but is threatened by dams and mining... READ MORE›
BRAZIL DRUG GANGS SPARK PRISON RIOT, 56 DEAD
The Anisio Jobim prison complex currently houses 2,230 inmates despite having a capacity of only 590... READ MORE›
WILDLIFE BUTCHERS OF BELEN: THE TOWN THAT SERVES UP RARE SPECIES FOR A FEW DOLLARS
The monkeys only live in a small part of the Amazon basin in Peru and Brazil... READ MORE›
THE WOMAN RUNNING 40 MARATHONS IN 40 DAYS
Ultra-runner Mina Guli winced in pain in the middle of a cow paddock... READ MORE›
THIS IS WHAT A MAN BEING EATEN ALIVE BY AN ANACONDA LOOKED LIKE
Rosolie has faced criticism from animal rights campaigners over the snake's welfare but he insisted that it is alive and well ... READ MORE›
PERU'S ILLEGAL GOLD MINES ARE DEVASTATING THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
Peru, the largest gold producer in Latin America and the sixth largest in the world, has long struggled with illegal gold mining... READ MORE›
WATCH MUFASA THE MOUNTAIN LION GET RELEASED INTO THE WILD AFTER SPENDING 20 YEARS CHAINED IN THE BACK OF A CIRCUS VAN
So far, 17 countries, not including the UK, have banned wild animals in circuses... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS DECRY TEMER'S AMAZON DEFORESTATION BILL
According to parliamentary watchdog group Congresso em Foco, the agriculture caucus holds 230 seats in Brazil's 513-seat lower house and 24 in the 81-member Senate... READ MORE›
AROUND 60 KILLED AS DRUG GANGS CLASH IN BRAZIL PRISON MASSACRE
Image provided by A Critica journal on Jan. 2, 2017 shows smoke rising from the Anisio Jobim Prison Complex during a riot, in Manaus, northern Brazil... READ MORE›
DAWN TIMBER-LAUNDERING RAIDS CAST DOUBT ON 'SUSTAINABLE' BRAZILIAN WOOD
Most of Brazil's timber exports are certified as sustainably logged, but according to police and prosecutors in Para state at least 80 percent is illegally felled... READ MORE›
BOOM THREATENS A THIRD OF THE WORLDS FRESHWATER FISH
If the dams are built, tropical freshwater biodiversity, which is at its most diverse in the three river basins, could be devastated, say the authors... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SUSPENDS AMAZON RESERVE PLAN, BUT THREATS REMAIN
READ MORE Brazil court suspends mining on Amazon reserve Instead of combatting illegal mining, the government wants to legalise it... READ MORE›
60-YEAR-OLD MAN PLANS TO SWIM THROUGH 107 COUNTRIES IN 450 DAYS
Strel's scariest encounter was with a stingray, which bit his son while they were swimming in the Amazon river... READ MORE›
THIS IS HOW QUICKLY A PIECE OF MEAT CAN DISAPPEAR IN PIRANHA-INFESTED WATER
Read More Piranhas are native to South America and are found along The Amazon River... READ MORE›
PERUVIAN TRIBE TAKES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOSTAGE OVER OIL SPILL
The group being held in Mayuriaga includes three Petroperu officials, four with OEFA and a specialist with the energy and mines ministry, said Velasquez... READ MORE›
AMAZON CHIEFS VISIT BRITISH MUSEUM AS PART OF DAM-BUILDING PROTEST
Last week, working with Greenpeace, a delegation visited Siemens UK offices near Guildford after a five-day journey from Brazil... READ MORE›
BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA PLEDGE TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING
We cannot let peace in Colombia be cause for concern in the region, said Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas... READ MORE›
DOZENS MISSING AS BOAT SINKS IN BRAZIL'S XINGU RIVER
Nineteen people were killed and 600km of the Rio Doce destroyed in the worst mining accident in Brazil's history... READ MORE›
BOLIVIAN NATIONAL PARK SERVING UP SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS FOR FINE DINING
Chefs among travellers proving there is demand for produce from Madidi - and helping communities understand commercial potential of their flora and fauna... READ MORE›
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH ONE IDEA
I started forming an idea to develop a social enterprise by selling sanitary pads that Australian women could buy... READ MORE›
GIANT RELAXATION: INSIDE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPA RESORT
World's largest spa resort Mission Hills, Haiko, China review Giant relaxation... READ MORE›
MASS ESCAPE AFTER PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CLAIMS 56 LIVES
Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS IT AND RUSSIA TO ACT AS GUARANTORS OF SYRIAN CEASEFIRE
Ankara said the ceasefire agreement excluded groups deemed as terrorists by the U.N... READ MORE›
IN LATIN AMERICA'S DRUG HOTBEDS, ILLEGAL GOLD IS MORE VALUABLE THAN COCAINE, REPORT SAYS
A new study says illegal gold mines in Colombia and Peru fund organized crime groups, devastate the environment and exploit women and children as sex workers... READ MORE›