Roberts tackles Amazon, soaps in Brazil

CHARLESTON — Zoe Roberts never dreamed she’d eat piranha fresh out of the Amazon.

Teens join battle to save environment

The Pinellas County Youth Advisory Committee will join the battle against invasive plant species, like this Brazilian pepper plant shown at left,by digging into a community service project at Fort De Soto Park on Saturday (April 28) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students are invited to join the high school members of the Youth Advisory Committee as they remove invasive plants from the park, a task that ...

The world's most threatened tribe

On the forested western edge of Maranhao state in north-east Brazil lives the Awa tribe. One of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil, the Awa have long lived in this area, which lies between the equatorial forests of Amazonia and the drier savannas to the east. Towards the end of the 1960s, geologists discovered that the world's richest reserves of iron ore lay under the soil ...

World's Toughest Expeditions with James Cracknell, Discovery, preview

Beverley Turner explains why her heart was in her mouth during her husband James Cracknell's latest TV series.

Joanna Eede: "I Hope It Won't Be Like in My Time"

The solution to the Awá's problems is actually relatively simple: their lands need to be protected and their rights respected.