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Fires in Brazil's Amazon dropped to historic low in 2025

SAO PAULO - Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon fell to a historic low in 2025 after peaking the previous year, according to a report published Tuesday.

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‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land

The Guardian - UK

Every year, about 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust cross the Atlantic Ocean and settle on the Amazon rainforest, delivering phosphorus close to the amount the rainforest loses to runoff, meaning the world’s largest rainforest is partly fertilised by dust from the planet’s largest hot desert thousands of miles away

Mineral-rich dust travels from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. This airborne dust delivers vital phosphorus nutrients annually to the forest. The Sahara dust compensates for nutrients lost through rainfall and river runoff. This natural nutrient exchange has sustained the Amazon for thousands of years. The desert and rainforest…

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9 Plants That Look After Themselves in July – And Still Steal the Show, Even in Drought

These low-maintenance plants need little intervention to deliver weeks of color, texture, and pollinator appeal

Homes & Gardens

Amazon's boiling river: The near-100°C wonder that can cook animals alive

Hidden beneath the dense canopy of Peru's Amazon rainforest, the Shanay-Timpishka flows with waters heated by geothermal energy. These temperatures can scorch flesh in mere moments, captivating local Asháninka tribes who honor this mystical river. The cooler segments are invaluable for practical uses, while geoscientist Andrés Ruzo's findings have upended…

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Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon – more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.

The Conversation

Scientists discover previously unknown Asian 'ghost population' hidden in Indigenous American DNA

A sweeping new genetic study has added a fascinating twist to the story of how humans first settled the Americas. By analysing nearly two hundred Indigenous genomes, researchers have found evidence of three separate migration waves into South America, including one that was completely unknown until now. The study also…

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Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.

A 15-year study suggests that long-term malaria control may depend as much on protecting environments as it does on sustaining public health programs.

LiveScience

The Amazon is the world's largest river, yet not a single bridge crosses its main channel

Stretching across the heart of South America, the Amazon River is the largest river on Earth by water discharge and one of the planet's most extraordinary natural systems. It flows through vast tropical rainforests, supports unrivalled biodiversity and sustains millions of people. Yet despite spanning more than 6,400 kilometres (4,000…

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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke fell nearly 10,000 feet from a plane struck by lightning over the Amazon, survived still strapped to her seat, then wandered alone through the rainforest for 11 days before loggers found her

A 17-year-old girl miraculously survived a 10,000-foot fall from a plane struck by lightning over the Peruvian Amazon in 1971. Strapped to her seat, she endured 11 days of wilderness survival, navigating the dense jungle by following a stream. Her upbringing in the rainforest and knowledge of survival proved crucial…

The Times of India

Indigenous midwifery photo series takes prestigious women’s photojournalism crown

Photographer Johanna Alarcón has won the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2026 for documenting indigenous midwifery centers in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes

Digital Camera World

Climbing Plants Don't Always Have to Grow Up a Trellis – These 5 Unusual Ideas Make a Much Bigger Impact

Turn climbers into a botanical spectacle for your garden

Homes & Gardens

Colombia's vote may reshape the Amazon's future as political winds shift across Latin America

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon

The Independent UK

Over 4,000 images and 20 years later, researchers have shed much-needed light on this elusive Amazonian dog

Researchers tracked the rare canine species over 23 years, using a network of camera traps to snap 4,635 images of them across regions of Bolivia and Peru

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The Independent UK

A conflict over cattle in Brazil's Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples

In northern Brazil, a debate over cattle and conservation is unfolding on Bananal Island

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Bulletin world briefing: Trump sends fiery warning to Iran as peace deal in the balance

Trump’s five-word threat to Iran as peace deal comes under pressure Fujitsu chair steps down after ‘inappropriate conduct’ claims Nine dead in Nigeria after bus driver ‘failed to check for oncoming trains’ ‘Green Boots’ to be removed from Everest after 30 years in death zone Extremely rare ‘ghost dog’ captured…

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Extremely rare ‘ghost dog’ captured on camera in Amazon rainforest

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Unprecedented photos of extremely rare ‘ghost dog’ captured in Amazon rainforest

Dog is not as rare as scientists once feared, study reveals

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Brazil reports drop in Amazon deforestation rates, pushing back on US tariff accusations

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates

The Conversation

Amazon deforestation is falling, but progress is stalling

In 2025, the area deforested in the country fell below one million hectares in a year for the first time since 2019. A total of 984,794 hectares of native vegetation were cleared during 2025, a reduction of 20.6% compared to 2024.

The Independent UK

Colombia passes law to track cattle and keep deforestation-linked beef out of supply chains

Colombia has enacted a law aimed at preventing cattle linked to deforestation from entering beef supply chains by connecting livestock traceability, land ownership and forest monitoring systems

The Economic Times

Men not needed! Scientists have found an all-female species that's been cloning itself for the last 100,000 years

The Amazon molly, an all-female fish, has defied evolutionary expectations by surviving for 100,000 years without males. This remarkable species reproduces through gynogenesis, essentially cloning itself. Recent research suggests a powerful gene conversion mechanism allows it to repair harmful mutations, ensuring its continued survival and challenging long-held theories about reproduction.

The Conversation

How positive tipping points may be the key to protecting tropical rainforests

The world’s tropical rainforests are edging towards collapse. But knowing how to stop deforestation isn’t enough to drive action. The challenge is aligning all the pieces of the puzzle to initiate substantial change. Now our research suggests the key is to persuade enough people to make the system tip in…

Fortune

Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change fake, is now threatening Brazil with tariffs over the deforestation of the Amazon

“Don’t read too much into it,” one international trade expert said. “See, this isn’t serious.”

The Conversation

Great mysteries of archaeology: an ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky

From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, northern Bolivia, appears as a disconnected patchwork of open grassland savannahs, forest islands and lakes.

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