The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

It's eleven hundred tributaries drain the greatest river basin on the planet,(an area of more than two million square miles), and along its incredible journey it collects and transports one fifth of ...

Electric eel. Image by Lance Anderson via Unsplash A new study has ... indicating a successful transfer. Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of ...

The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most diverse and vibrant ecosystems ... playing a critical role in the Amazon’s aquatic ecosystem. The electric eel, despite its name, is not a true eel but rather ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Akron Zoo said a difficult decision was recently made to humanely euthanize a 9-year-old electric eel. Last week, the zoo shared pictures on social media detailing the ...

This alligator thought it had an easy meal—until it bit down on an electric eel! The shocking encounter left the predator with instant regret. Watch as nature delivers a powerful lesson in survival ...

More information: Pablo Sanchez-Martinez et al, Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02702-x Journal information ...

Showers moving in from the west are weakening and will be gone by 10 a.m. The rest of Thursday will be dry, warm, and humid. Temperatures will quickly climb into the low to mid-80s but will feel ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new species of poison dart frog, Ranitomeya aetherea, has been identified in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon. Characterized by sky-blue lines, copper ...

Brazilian prosecutors are calling for the cancellation of the largest carbon credit deal in the Amazon Rainforest, saying it breaks national law and risks harming Indigenous communities.

The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest.