When the results were projected across the civilization’s entire range, the researchers produced a cautious estimate of more ...

Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.

A study published in Nature used LiDAR technology, a system that sends laser pulses from the air to create detailed maps of ...

ABC News documented countless gold mining camps along the Tambopata river.

Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios ...

Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon's Madre de Dios region. Military ...

Three 2026 studies reveal that the Amazon can regrow quickly, but deforestation and warming could trigger a system-wide ...

Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño ...

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.

New laser scanning finds massive geometric earthworks, suggesting populous pre-colonial society that ‘resembled ancient ...

Long before European contact, a sprawling, multicultural civilization flourished across the southwestern Amazon. It built massive ceremonial centers and transformed the rainforest. Scientists are only ...

The southwest of the Amazon rain forest has long been regarded as a pristine wilderness, undisturbed by large scale human ...