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New parasitoid wasp species discovered in Amazon manipulate host behavior in ‘complex way’

Chief Raoni, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, presides over historic meeting with over 600 indigenous leaders in Brazil

Xavante tribe digs in as Brazil reneges on vow not to build a road in their reserve

The fight is on to save the last clean waterway in Brazil’s Manaus

Women from the Xingu Territory unite against threats from Bolsonaro administration

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

$10M in prize money for mapping rainforest biodiversity

Fires and greenhouse gases fuel drying of the Amazon

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Panthera: At least 500 jaguars lost their lives or habitat in Amazon fires

Shocking news: There are actually three species of electric eel in the Amazon, not one

Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon

Germany cuts $39.5 million in environmental funding to Brazil

New film reveals at-risk ‘uncontacted’ Awá tribe in Brazilian Amazon

Study shows how to protect more species for less money in western Amazon

Small-scale farming is a big threat to biodiversity in the western Amazon: Study

For Ecuador’s Sápara, saving the forest means saving their language

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Camera trap study finds a threatened high-elevation mammal community in Peru

New Amazonian species of short-tailed whip scorpion sheds light on ‘the mating march’

Madeira River dams may spell doom for Amazon’s marathon catfish: Studies

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

Defending the Amazon’s uncontacted peoples: Q&A with Julio Cusurichi

Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting

Of concrete and corruption: Resistance kills Andes Amazon dams

Community-based conservation offers hope for Amazon’s giant South American turtle

Peccary’s disappearance foreboding for other Mesoamerican wildlife

‘Amazon Besieged’: Q&A with Mongabay contributor Sue Branford about new book

Fate of the Amazon is on the ballot in Brazil’s presidential election (commentary)

A river runs through it — and keeps the Amazon’s bird species diverse

New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon

Camera trap videos help protect biodiversity of Bigal River Biological Reserve in Ecuador

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