Mind control Researchers combing the rainforests of Brazil have uncovered four new species of fungi that turns ants into zombies. Although it is not the first time the fungi has been seen affecting ...

As part of its epic 10-part journey across the American supercontinent, The Americas takes viewers into the heart of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and a hotbed of biodiversity. It covers ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. What a difference a year makes in the Brazilian Amazon. At the start of 2023, I wrote ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — A scene out of the Brazilian rainforest played out in a Fairhope puddle as fire ants native to the Amazonian jungle relied on an ancient trick to survive early June’s deluge.