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 ...

The controversial mining project is located in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, near the Xingu river in northern Para state. The request of prosecutors to end the project is part of a lawsuit over land ...

Many countries with extraordinary tourism sites also cradle these treasure troves of natural riches, and even the ...

Her goal is clear yet staggeringly complex: to help “individuals and ordinary people” around the world take powerful ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

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

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

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 ...