The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

Police in Brazil have confirmed that human remains found in remote Amazon forest is that of the British journalist Dom Phillips.

Human remains found in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have been confirmed as missing British journalist Dom Phillips, who disappeared alongside Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira

The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest.

A forensic exam carried out on human remains found in the Amazon rainforest confirmed on Friday that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, Brazil's federal police said, adding that a search was underway for a man suspected of involvement in his killing.

The journalist and Indigenous expert travelled upstream in Brazil’s far western Amazon region, a trip from which they did not return alive

Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism

Author and journalist Peter Gorman was at home with the jungle, its people, and its mind-altering drugs.

Shauney Watson (26), who is based in the Caputh and Dunkeld area, ran five marathons in five days through the tropical jungle

Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.

Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed deadline, but progress is too slow for nearby communities who allege the flares cause cancer and other illnesses.

Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian isolated tribes expert Bruno Pereira who disappeared in the Amazon 11 days ago and are presumed dead.