High above the forest floor, the Amazon’s newest thoroughfares are not branches or lianas but human-built walkways, and the ...

Jaguars, parrots, spectacled bears, giant river otters, turtles, and thousands of other species, already under pressure from Amazon habitat loss and development, are now threatened by a growing wave ...

An assessment of the food hunted across the Amazon rainforest reveals its crucial role and how human pressures, particularly ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jun 2016) (10 pages) ABSTRACT. Deforestation and hunting are main wildlife threats in Amazonia, affecting the ecosystem and dwellers that rely on game meat. Data ...

Native species are at risk of becoming endangered, or even going extinct, as a result of over-hunting due to the prevalence of bushmeat consumption in the pre-frontier Brazilian Amazon. Research has ...

STORY: "He's breathing OK." This Amazonian rodent could be yet another victim of mercury contamination. Inside a camping tent in the middle of the Peruvian jungle, scientists are trying to determine ...

Planning to visit the Amazon? You might want to look at the controversy over wildlife selfies before choosing tours. World Animal Protection, an advocacy group, issued a report saying animals like ...

"Their only means of survival." Indigenous tribe living deep in Amazon rainforest fends off outside forces: 'We are the ...

Learn why the Amazon is critical for our planet and how WWF is working to protect its forests, rivers, and wildlife from growing threats.

STORY: Wildlife such as jaguars and birds shined down in bright colors between Manhattan and Queens. Among the speakers at the UN is Brazil's President President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has ...