The Wider Image: The mission to save the Amazon's animals Porto Velho, BRAZIL (Reuters) - Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives. Vets ...

Artificial walkways in the Amazon rainforest aren't only being used by researchers and tourists to safely traverse the canopy. It turns out that these passages are also convenient for the local ...

Wildfires and increasing levels of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest are not new challenges; in fact, Brazil has long had restrictions in place that scientists say have helped reduce how much of ...

Imagine walking through the Amazon and realizing the animals that make it magical might not be there for your kids to see. For many, the Amazon is a place of great mystery, a place where one’s ...

Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles. The ...

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

Nearly impossible to spot in their murky habitat, the underwater "ghosts" are coming into view thanks to sonar technology. Manatee biologist Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske extends a hand to an Amazonian ...

Porto Velho, BRAZIL (Reuters) – Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives. Vets at the Clinidog clinic in the Amazon city of Porto Velho ...