Massive Shark Measuring Nearly 14 Feet Long Becomes Largest Male Great White Tagged by Researchers
Contender, a male great white shark measuring nearly 14 feet long, is the largest ever tagged and studied among the Northwest Atlantic white shark population, according to researchers.
Aquaculture in the Amazon: Lessons for food security and sustainability
Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...
Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder?
The world’s largest agricultural boom is transforming a vast savanna of hidden wonders. Here’s what happens when progress ...
Shipwrecked in the Amazon
In Manaus, a sprawling city of more than 2 million, the depth of the Rio Negro, a major branch of the Amazon River, reached ...
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Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown
The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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Biodiversity or Big Business? The battle for COP16 resumes
As countries return to unfinished COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome, states must commit to people and nature instead of ...