A partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people offers a model of collaboration—and documents the complexity of early Amazonian societies _ SCIENCE
A bird guide of their own
Inspired by Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and flip the script of how research gets done _ Audubon Magazine
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
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PODCAST: On Thin Ice Ep. 01
Could Iron from Melting Glaciers Affect Global Climate?
_SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
A river’s pulse
In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous people and researchers join hands to monitor the impacts of a controversial dam _SCIENCE
The last hunt?
Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’ _THE GUARDIAN
Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
TB is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts 1/4 of the world’s population
_SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Health in the Amazon
Local communities protect the rainforest but lack adequate healthcare _NATURE
Amazon delivery
A rainforest expedition brings COVID-19 vaccines to some of Brazil’s most remote and vulnerable groups _SCIENCE
A Golden Menace
An invasive mussel is devastating ecosystems as it spreads through South American rivers, threatening the Amazon basin
_SCIENCE
Dangerous heat, unequal consequences
How two neighborhoods shaped by racial segregation became hotspots for sickening heat _CPI, MOTHER JONES, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, AZ CENTRAL
The Amazon’s ‘great thieves’
Dramatic underwater photos capture the elusive Amazonian pink dolphins red-handed _ BBC
How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world’s largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community_ BBC
AI challenge to find lost Amazonian civilizations draws critics
Scientists, ethicists, and officials worry OpenAI’s contest sidesteps archaeological norms _ SCIENCE
Why are women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s than men?
Changes to the female brain during menopause, along with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk _ NATURE MEDICINE
Breaking the glass
Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility _SCIENCE
Doctors prepare for the “enormous health consequences” of climate change
Students push for medical schools to teach the health impacts of extreme weather, as emissions from healthcare come under greater scrutiny_NATURE MEDICINE
To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi
To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi_MONGABAY
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