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.

Within the last five years, over 500,000 hectares of land have been deforested within the Colombian Amazon.

The Brazilian government led by President Bolsonaro has continued to reduce support for the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA).

Peru remains free of the locust plague, a situation that Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay have been facing.

The Uruguayan capital of Montevideo will install eco centers throughout the city that will collect recyclables, wastes, and other recoverable items.