Amazon rainforest
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Giant anteater and jaguar in rare battle – camera-trap videoCamera -trap footage shows a giant anteater going toe-to-toe with a jaguar in the Gurupi Biological Reserve in the Brazilian state of Maranhão -
'We are rewriting the textbooks': first dives to Amazon coral reef stun scientistsScientists have discovered the river reef is far bigger, and more important, than first thought – a biodiversity hotspot on a par with the Great Barrier Reef. Now they face a race to protect it from big oil -
Amazon rainforest's final frontier under threat from oil and soyaIn Brazil’s least developed state, Amapá, locals fear that government plans to increase soya and oil production will destroy the area – and their livelihoods
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Indigenous federation sues Peru over new national parkDavid Hill: Oil and gas concession overlaps 1.3m hectare “protected area” inhabited by indigenous peoples in “isolation”
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First images of unique Brazilian coral reef at mouth of AmazonThe discovery of the 600-mile-long reef in 2016 stunned scientists but oil companies are planning to drill in the area
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Beauty and destruction: the Amazon rainforest – in picturesFor a decade local photographer Rodrigo Baleia has documented the beauty and destruction of the Amazon basin from above
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Tourist boom for ayahuasca a mixed blessing for AmazonShort supply of plant has led to uptake in commercial planting, use of dangerous alternatives and fears of deforestation
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This Amazon tribe lived without the outside world. They may be the lastRicardo Stuckert’s astounding images reminded me of my experiences meeting isolated indigenous people. With living space diminishing, their future is in peril
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Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate changePreventing deforestation is central to curbing carbon emissions – and a case study on the Amazon shows the most cost-effective way of doing it
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Fears for isolated Bolivian tribe met by Chinese oil firm in AmazonDavid Hill: Company operating near the border with Peru has reportedly had near encounters with indigenous people living in “isolation”
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US drives rainforest destruction by importing Amazon oil, study findsThe report found that California, despite its green reputation, is refining the majority of crude oil – with one facility accounting for 24% of the US total
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Peru’s new president summoned to Amazon by indigenous protestorsDavid Hill: Interview with Kichwa leader José Fachín on oil contamination, social struggle and the future of Peru’s biggest region
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Canada’s Great Bear forest comes under Commonwealth canopyPrince William to announce addition of temperate rainforest to worldwide conservation network
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Could ants be the solution to antibiotic crisis?Bacterial defences of fungus-farming ants could help in medical battle against superbugs
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National parks must be for people, plants, pumas - not Big OilDavid Hill: Huge swathe of new “protected natural area” in Peru’s Amazon is included within an oil and gas concession run by Canadian company
Radical Conservation ‘Insane’ camera trap video captures rare battle in the Amazon