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In 2023, 11-year-old Charlie Clinton from Oklahoma made headlines by catching a pacu — a South American fish known for its human-like teeth — in a pond behind his house, far from its native Amazon habitat.

Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras plans to invest more than $100 billion into boosting offshore oil production.

Three people have died in the historic flooding that has pummeled California , trashing homes and communities across the state. An expert explains why these devastating floods are happening.

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Brazil’s “Transversal Environmental Agenda,” released on 25 January 2024, contains many good things for the government to be doing, but it misses the opportunity to implant what a transversal agenda should be, namely a way of ensuring that the actions of the various federal agencies, at the very least, avoid provoking environmental disasters. The document’s […]

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has cast himself as a champion of the fight against climate change, but faces criticism from environmentalists for Brazil's booming oil production.Lula has pushed to expand further, and even wants to explore for oil near the mouth of the Amazon river -- a plan opposed by environmentalists, including his own environment minister, Marina Silva.

Octonauts and the Poison Dart Frogs (Season 4 Episode 1 of 24): The gang must save the Amazon River creatures. Octonauts airs on CBeebies at 8:00 AM, Friday 2 February. The gang must save the Amazon River creatures

Octonauts and the Poison Dart Frogs (Season 4 Episode 1 of 24): The gang must save the Amazon River creatures. Octonauts airs on CBeebies HD at 8:00 AM, Friday 2 February. The gang must save the Amazon River creatures

Communities have pushed back on a proposed hydropower project between the two countries, decrying dams’ impacts and seeking alternatives in solar

A recent report shows that climate change has drastically increased the severity of the current drought in the globally-critical Amazon Basin.