A big cat sanctuary near São Paulo is feeling the pressure with nearby urbanization encroaching on the refuge.

Embark on an extraordinary adventure through the Amazon Wilderness, the world’s largest tropical rainforest. This ecosystem is home to a stunning variety of animals, many of which can only be ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense ...

Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.

Unlike most big cats, jaguars love water and are excellent swimmers, often seen lounging on riverbanks or stalking prey in shallow streams. Their piercing gaze and silent movements make them nearly ...

In the space of six months, Xamã the jaguar had crisscrossed more than 14,000 hectares of the Amazon Rainforest, or about 35,000 acres — an area a tenth the size of Rio de Janeiro. During that ...

Deep within the verdant labyrinth of the Amazon rainforest, a masterful predator moves like a shadow through the undergrowth. The jaguar—Latin America’s largest and most powerful big cat—lives a ...

The Amazon Rainforest is sensitive to changes. Prolonged droughts reduce humidity and increase tree mortality, which unbalances everything else. Long floods expose animals such as jaguars to more ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is a vast and vibrant ecosystem teeming with life.

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate ...

In 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced severe wildfires and drought, highlighting climate challenges and leading to increased focus on conservation and Indigenous rights.