Venezuelans began to report sightings of black oil off the coast of Golfo Triste around July 31. That oil has reached the Parque Nacional Morrocoy, threatening flora and fauna already in danger of extinction.

A new report, completed in collaboration by the Dominican Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM) and UN Environment, revealed elevated levels of pollutants in the air in the Dominican capital.

An international panel of scientists has been established in order to know the current state of the Amazon biome.

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair-Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC) called on governments, civil organizations, and for international cooperation to protect and promote environmental sustainability in the economic recovery phase of the pandemic. 

Satellite data from the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) revealed that Amazon deforestation, caused by illegal logging, mining, and ranching, increased by 25% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, when it broke all records since 2015.

In a statement issued by the Charles Darwin Foundation, scientists have observed a seven-gilled shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) and a six-gilled shark (Hexanchus griseus).

The Choluteca Bridge, a 484-meter bridge in Choluteca, Honduras, is the “pride and joy” of the town. It is also a bridge to nowhere and a metaphor for the unpredictable changes in the world.

An Argentinean real estate company attempted to sell 760,000 hectares of land in La Rioja, a natural reserve created in 1980 to preserve two animals on the edge of extinction: vicuñas and guanacos.

–Researched and Written by Victoria Richhart— The K’ara K’ara landfill is a municipal waste dump in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It contains two to four million tons of waste. For the past 11 years, there has been discussion about shutting down the landfill because it is over capacity and has become a health hazard. Now, amid the

On July 22, 2020, an enormous fire broke out along the north coast of Asunción, Paraguay.