Amazon River
The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
Science
Over the course of millennia, Indigenous peoples bred it from a weedy wild plant into a crop that stores prodigious quantities of ...
France and Brazil announce $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
World
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) ...
Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest
Science
By Ueslei Marcelino BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon ...
A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped
World
WASHINGTON (AP) — Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 ...
Severe drought in the Amazon reveals millennia-old carvings
Science
MANAUS (AP) — The Negro River, the major tributary that runs through the Brazilian Amazon, has reached historic lows, revealing millennia-old carvings ...