Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

His single-propeller Cessna plane was loaded with more than 100 pounds of gold ... the Amazon. The haul, worth more than $4 million at today’s prices, had been pulled out of the rainforest ...

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...

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Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva, told the AP that Trump’s return poses a significant test for U.S. democracy and ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of ...

The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as ...

The world’s largest water lily with giant floating leaves and fragrant white flowers, blooming only at night. An intricate flower with purple, white, and blue hues, it’s both a pollinator ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to ...