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What Your Orchid Needs After Flowering in August – To Set It Up for Even Better Blooms Next Year

Some TLC now will strengthen your orchid's spring display

Homes & Gardens

I Thought The World’s Hardest Stories Were In War Zones, Until I Became A Father (24 Pics)

Photography has taken me across 91 countries—from the war in Ukraine and women fighting on the front lines, to underground LGBTQ+ communities in Iran, Pakistan and Belarus, criminal gangs in Guatemala and Mexico, child labour in Ghana, indigenous tribes deep in the Amazon rainforest, exorcisms in Ethiopia, forgotten communities in…

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Brazil's government says it is working with Peru to protect border Indigenous lands

Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said it has signed a memorandum with Peru’s Ministry of Culture to protect Indigenous territories along their border

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Brazil uses forensic science to trace gold's origin and tackle illegal mining in the Amazon

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon

The Independent UK

Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leaders

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon

The Guardian - UK

A model Indigenous territory in Brazil's Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who reclaimed their territory on the Brazil-Peru border decades ago, now face threats from gangs and drug traffickers

The Independent UK

Amazon fires peaked during the 2024 drought. A year later, burned area hit its lowest level since records began in 1985

Amazon forest fires reached a historic low in 2025 after a severe 2024 drought. Shifting weather patterns and reduced deforestation contributed to this significant decline. Community awareness grew after the previous year's widespread destruction and damage. President Lula's administration prioritized forest protection, leading to lower deforestation rates. However, a potential…

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Why safe water is still lacking in the Marajó Archipelago, one of the world’s most water-abundant regions

In the Brazilian Amazon, water is not simply a natural resource. For many rural communities, it shapes mobility, livelihoods, food systems, and everyday life. In the Amazon River delta, the Marajó Archipelago – the world’s largest fluvio-marine archipelago – rivers, floodplains, and wetlands are deeply intertwined with the ways people…

The Conversation

Amazon forest fires fell to all-time low in 2025 but could a super El Niño halt progress?

"There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon".

Euronews

Man Ditches Modern Life To Live With Remote Tribe After Falling In Love With Amazonian

“I genuinely thought I might get kidnapped,” said Justin Alvo about the first time meeting his indigenous wife.

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Fires in Brazil's Amazon dropped to historic low in 2025

SAO PAULO - Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon fell to a historic low in 2025 after peaking the previous year, according to a report published Tuesday.

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‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land

The Guardian - UK

Every year, about 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust cross the Atlantic Ocean and settle on the Amazon rainforest, delivering phosphorus close to the amount the rainforest loses to runoff, meaning the world’s largest rainforest is partly fertilised by dust from the planet’s largest hot desert thousands of miles away

Mineral-rich dust travels from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. This airborne dust delivers vital phosphorus nutrients annually to the forest. The Sahara dust compensates for nutrients lost through rainfall and river runoff. This natural nutrient exchange has sustained the Amazon for thousands of years. The desert and rainforest…

The Times of India

9 Plants That Look After Themselves in July – And Still Steal the Show, Even in Drought

These low-maintenance plants need little intervention to deliver weeks of color, texture, and pollinator appeal

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Amazon's boiling river: The near-100°C wonder that can cook animals alive

Hidden beneath the dense canopy of Peru's Amazon rainforest, the Shanay-Timpishka flows with waters heated by geothermal energy. These temperatures can scorch flesh in mere moments, captivating local Asháninka tribes who honor this mystical river. The cooler segments are invaluable for practical uses, while geoscientist Andrés Ruzo's findings have upended…

The Conversation

Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon – more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.

The Times of India

Scientists discover previously unknown Asian 'ghost population' hidden in Indigenous American DNA

A sweeping new genetic study has added a fascinating twist to the story of how humans first settled the Americas. By analysing nearly two hundred Indigenous genomes, researchers have found evidence of three separate migration waves into South America, including one that was completely unknown until now. The study also…

LiveScience

Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.

A 15-year study suggests that long-term malaria control may depend as much on protecting environments as it does on sustaining public health programs.

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The Amazon is the world's largest river, yet not a single bridge crosses its main channel

Stretching across the heart of South America, the Amazon River is the largest river on Earth by water discharge and one of the planet's most extraordinary natural systems. It flows through vast tropical rainforests, supports unrivalled biodiversity and sustains millions of people. Yet despite spanning more than 6,400 kilometres (4,000…

The Times of India

In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke fell nearly 10,000 feet from a plane struck by lightning over the Amazon, survived still strapped to her seat, then wandered alone through the rainforest for 11 days before loggers found her

A 17-year-old girl miraculously survived a 10,000-foot fall from a plane struck by lightning over the Peruvian Amazon in 1971. Strapped to her seat, she endured 11 days of wilderness survival, navigating the dense jungle by following a stream. Her upbringing in the rainforest and knowledge of survival proved crucial…

Digital Camera World

Indigenous midwifery photo series takes prestigious women’s photojournalism crown

Photographer Johanna Alarcón has won the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2026 for documenting indigenous midwifery centers in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes

Homes & Gardens

Climbing Plants Don't Always Have to Grow Up a Trellis – These 5 Unusual Ideas Make a Much Bigger Impact

Turn climbers into a botanical spectacle for your garden

The Independent UK

Colombia's vote may reshape the Amazon's future as political winds shift across Latin America

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon

Digital Camera World

Over 4,000 images and 20 years later, researchers have shed much-needed light on this elusive Amazonian dog

Researchers tracked the rare canine species over 23 years, using a network of camera traps to snap 4,635 images of them across regions of Bolivia and Peru

The Independent UK

A conflict over cattle in Brazil's Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples

In northern Brazil, a debate over cattle and conservation is unfolding on Bananal Island

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