Microplastics Found Throughout an Amazon Floodplain Lake, Even Far From Villages
A new study finds microplastics in every sample of water and sediment from an Amazonian floodplain lake, dominated by blue ...
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Roadkill Hotspots Shift Year to Year on Amazon Highway, Five-Year Study Finds
A four-year study of Brazil's BR-319 highway documents 673 wildlife deaths and shows that roadkill hotspots shift over time with ...
New funnel-web spider species from Brazil’s Cerrado pushes a once-Amazonian genus far south
A newly described funnel-web spider from Brasília extends the genus Harmonicon beyond the Amazon for the first time, while the ...
Amazonian Sacha Inchi shells become cheap carbon filters for mercury removal
Discarded Amazonian Sacha Inchi shells transformed into carbonaceous materials that remove mercury from water with remarkable efficiency, offering a sustainable ...
Two Neighboring Amazon Farms Reveal How Agroforestry Management Shapes Açaí and Cacao Fruit Chemistry
Deep in the Eastern Amazon, two neighboring farms in Tomé-Açu, Pará State, have become an unexpected laboratory for understanding how ...
Ant-mimicking Asian mantis slips into Brazil, spotted first by citizen scientists
Citizen science photographs have revealed the first South American records of the Asian mantid genus Odontomantis in Boa Vista and ...
Ghost dog of the Amazon: 25-year camera-trap study reveals secrets of Bolivia’s short-eared dog
A 25-year camera-trap study across Bolivia reveals that the elusive short-eared dog is primarily diurnal, favors intact terra firme forest, ...
The Amazon’s ‘Front Yard’ Still Hums to a Rainforest Tune
A two-decade survey of the heavily deforested Bragantina region east of Belém reveals that its bird community still clusters with ...
Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve: Can Amazon Forest Governance Still Deliver Transformative Change?
A new qualitative study of 114 interviews in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve reveals how state institutions, market forces, and ...
Manaus Is Making Its Own Storms: Amazon City Supercharges Extreme Rainfall
High-resolution simulations of 45 extreme rainfall events show that Manaus's urban surface intensifies Amazonian downpours by up to 16.8 percent ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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