The Amazon’s horrific candirú fish that swims up the urethra: fact or fiction?
Amazon locals are afraid to pee while swimming in the river due to a tiny fish. But is there any ...
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Amazon indigenous people barely get dementia. Could a pre-industrial lifestyle protect against Alzheimer’s?
The Amazon people may hold the key to slow, healthy aging.
Amazon rainforest approaching tipping point of turning into savannah
Over 75% of the Amazon is losing resilience, bringing it closer to a very dangerous threshold.
Amazon has a big plastic problem — and it’s getting worse
The company is so big it's having an important impact on the global environment.
Your favorite fashion brands are putting the Amazon rainforest at risk
Some big fashion names are responsible for deforestation.
Why Jeff Bezos’ retirement from Amazon means big things for space
The Amazon founder has huge plans for space exploration. Now he actually has the time and money to make them ...
Amazon’s plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times
Most of the packaging isn't recycled and ends up in the ocean.
Large parts of the Amazon rainforest risks turning to savannah
It will take decades to fully happen but it could be impossible to reverse.
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon are the worst in a decade
The Amazon is burning while President Bolsonaro is almost cheering from the sidelines.
Fires devastate the world’s largest tropical wetland in Brazil
The Amazon fires have now reached the Pantanal amid a severe drought.
Burning in the Amazon is already reaching the record levels seen in 2019
The story of last year is repeating itself.
Bolsonaro calls Amazon fires a “lie”, dismisses own government data
Brazilian President under pressure amid rise of forest fires
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month were the worst since 2007
Things could get much worse in the coming months.
The soil of the Amazon is filled with fungi – and we should do more to protect it
We need to better understand fungi -- and the Amazon could be the place to start
Brazilian Amazon readies for record burn season this year amid coronavirus
The smoke from the forest fires could pile on the burden caused by the pandemic.
Deforestation and fires in the Amazon rainforest could bring about the next pandemic
Scientists make a dire warning. Again.
The Amazon was an early agricultural hotspot, new study shows
Squash and manioc were used as garden plants 10.000 years ago.
The Amazon is on its way to becoming a full carbon source, researchers claim
Up to 20% of the Amazon is now a net source of CO2
Tropical forests and coral reefs are buckling under interacting threats
When it rains, it pours.
The Amazon is facing its tipping point, scientists warn
The region could turn into a savanna in just a few decades