The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

After studying philosophy, Brazilian national Pedro Cesarino grew tired of Western systems of knowledge and decided to study other ways of thinking and living. He is now a renowned anthropologist and has published articles and books based on his field research with the Amazon's Marubo community. His first novel tells…

Dom Phillips and his traveling companion had reportedly received death threats in the days prior to their disappearance

An Indigenous association in Brazil's Amazon region says that one of its advisors and a British journalist are missing in a remote area near the Peru border, The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishers, poachers and government agents

Indigenous community leaders sounded the alarm after the pair did not meet their scheduled return from one of the remotest corners of the Amazon, just days after receiving threats

Dom Phillips disappeared on a trip to one of the remotest corners of the Amazon days after receiving threats

Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published today

Ruins of monuments, villages, causeways and canals hidden in the dense rainforest are evidence of ‘Amazonian urbanism’

As one of the most powerful commodity traders in Brazil, Cargill Inc. has worked to expand its business while fending off criticism that it's enabling the destruction of Amazon forests and savanna for soy farms.

Scientists believe the cities were built between 500 and 1400 AD and have been hidden for centuries under dense vegetation