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The Bee Whisperers
Indigenous communities in South America are raising native bees to help protect the insects, conserve forests, and strengthen their own cultural ties to the ecosystem.
A Model Toadlet
Recent field experiments focusing on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world.
Straddling the Tides
To protect mangrove forests, traditional communities in coastal Brazil set their hopes on small-scale tourism.
Parental Periscope
In Brazil, intact populations of capybaras and jaguars lead to surprising interactions—and remarkable adaptations.
Life, Death, and Renewal in the Campo Rupestre
In a little-known region of Brazil that calls to mind Tolkien’s Middle-earth, unique lifeforms have evolved to endure innumerable environmental challenges. Can they survive the country's latest era of deregulation?
The Secret Garden
The crystalline rivers of the Serra da Bodoquena offer a window into Brazil’s freshwater biodiversity. But with deforestation on the rise, that window is becoming cloudier.
Better Beef
Can the cattle industry be remade to save the Amazon rainforest?
Tear Hunter
In one of nature’s more surprising interactions, a butterfly hunts crocodilian tears in search of life-sustaining salts.
The Lungs of the Planet
The Amazon rainforest faces myriad threats. But this iconic ecosystem—one of Earth's most important natural resources—may be more resilient than scientists ever expected.
The Bee Whisperers
Indigenous communities in South America are raising native bees to help protect the insects, conserve forests, and strengthen their own cultural ties to the ecosystem.
A Model Toadlet
Recent field experiments focusing on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world.
Straddling the Tides
To protect mangrove forests, traditional communities in coastal Brazil set their hopes on small-scale tourism.
Parental Periscope
In Brazil, intact populations of capybaras and jaguars lead to surprising interactions—and remarkable adaptations.
Life, Death, and Renewal in the Campo Rupestre
In a little-known region of Brazil that calls to mind Tolkien’s Middle-earth, unique lifeforms have evolved to endure innumerable environmental challenges. Can they survive the country's latest era of deregulation?
The Secret Garden
The crystalline rivers of the Serra da Bodoquena offer a window into Brazil’s freshwater biodiversity. But with deforestation on the rise, that window is becoming cloudier.
Better Beef
Can the cattle industry be remade to save the Amazon rainforest?
Tear Hunter
In one of nature’s more surprising interactions, a butterfly hunts crocodilian tears in search of life-sustaining salts.
The Lungs of the Planet
The Amazon rainforest faces myriad threats. But this iconic ecosystem—one of Earth's most important natural resources—may be more resilient than scientists ever expected.