Authorities in Brazil discovered an illegal mine in the heart of the Amazon rainforest - alleged criminals were mining for ...

By Timothy J. Killeen The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

Deep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading government cost reduction in the new administration, said the humanitarian agency, ...

Besides Trump's withdrawal already from the Paris climate agreement, advocates fear he'll cut U.S. funding for policing that ...

In Sculptural Copper: Saved from the Smelter, visitors will explore an array of copper specimens that these miners collected ...

Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft executives should instead take a deep breath and begin reevaluating their options. Do they ...

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

US tech stocks saw a sight recovery while crypto mining stocks remained in the red after a broad market downturn triggered by ...

"The microbial universe of the Amazon peatlands is vast in space and ... including deforestation and mining, are disrupting this delicate balance, causing peatlands to release greenhouse gases ...

a federal prosecutor assigned to illegal mining investigations across the Amazon, including the Rodrigues case. “They are creating parallel states in the middle of the Amazon. It’s terrifying.” ...