Study: Some of the world’s lowest rates of dementia found in Amazonian indigenous groups
As scientists around the world seek for solutions for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reveals that two indigenous groups in ...
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Algorithm optimizes trade-offs in Amazonian hydropower expansion
A new computational approach reveals opportunities for more sustainable hydropower development in the Amazon – the Earth’s largest and most ...
Indigenous knowledge at core of NSF-funded Amazonian collaborative research
RENO, Nev. – To better understand how climate change, the global push for clean energy and related global demand is ...
Ecological knowledge of local populations allows better control of Amazonian wildlife
An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Animal Health ...
The vampire that doesn’t suck blood: New parasite-host relationships in Amazonian candirus
The Amazon River Basin is home to about 15% of all freshwater fish species known to science, and an estimated ...