Amazon deforestation is close to tipping point
Deforestation of the Amazon is about to reach a threshold beyond which the region's tropical rainforest may undergo irreversible changes that transform the landscape into degraded savanna with sp…
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Smallest monkey's evolutionary secret
Evolutionary biologists have now discovered that the Pygmy Marmoset – the world’s smallest monkey – is not one species but two. Pygmy Marmoset [Credit: University of Salford] Weighing just 100 grams …
Rainforest regeneration rescues bat communities in aftermath of fragmentation
Rainforest loss is fuelling a tsunami of tropical species extinctions. However, not all is doom and gloom. A new study, conducted in the Brazilian Amazon, suggests that ecological cataclysms prompted…
Playing both ends: Amphibian adapted to varied evolutionary pressures
Caecilians are serpent-like creatures, but they're not snakes or giant worms. The limbless amphibians, related to frogs and salamanders, favor tropical climates of Africa, Asia and the Americas. …
Hunting is changing forests, but not as expected
When it comes to spreading their seeds, many trees in the rainforest rely on animals, clinging to their fur or hitching a ride within their digestive tract. As the seeds are spread around, the plants…
A theory of physics explains the fragmentation of tropical forests
Tropical forests around the world play a key role in the global carbon cycle and harbour more than half of the species worldwide. However, increases in land use during the past decades caused unprece…
Ninety-six scientists co-author paper on rainforest mammals
Imagine your hometown or city's entire population had to live on just one tenth of the land it used to—essentials like food and shelter would quickly go scarce, and it'd be just about impossi…
Support for Death Penalty at Record Levels Among Brazilians, Poll Finds
'Playing Russian roulette with a firing squad': Why educated adrenaline junkies are lining up to be drug mules
Scientists solve mystery of missing methane source in Amazon Rainforest
Environmental scientists from The Open University (OU) have discovered that trees growing in the Amazon floodplains surrounding the Amazon River emit as much methane (CH4) into the atmosphere as all …
Brazilian man arrested at airport trying to enter Thailand with 1.3 kilograms cocaine
Gay relationships are still criminalised in 72 countries and punishable by death in 8, report finds
Details of Military Confrontation with UFO Released By Brazil
The Brazilian Air Force has released formerly classified information related to UFO research dating back to the 1980s. The newly released information tracks an incident that occurred in Brazil …