Archaeologists thought ancient Amazonia was only home to wandering people, but new technology has uncovered complex societies ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Analysis of ancient human and animal remains suggests that precolonial ...

To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to a model built around the diversity of indigenous and rural ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, researchers have uncovered an ancient structure that rivals the size of some modern cities. Utilizing advanced technologies like LIDAR, scientists have revealed vast, ...

A new U.N. report documents some of the most widespread and damaging impacts of the 2023-24 drought in the Amazon basin, which affected hundreds of thousands of Amazonian people. The main impacts were ...

When Adrian Dominican Sr. Lorene Heck served as a regional superior for her congregation, she got to know fellow Adrian Dominican Sr. Judy Bisignano and her passion — the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador ...

After 2000, migration from rural to urban areas across the Pan Amazon intensified, as people started moving to either main urban centers or cities in the highlands or on coastlines. In Brazil, already ...