The Amazon Rainforest stretches endlessly across South America, forming the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. From above, its winding rivers carve through a vast ocean of green, revealing the ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

The life of Varî Vãti Marubo shows how much life has changed for the rainforest’s Indigenous tribes — and how much has stayed the same. Varî Vãti Marubo is likely one of the oldest people still living ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil's palm-dense Juruá ...

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the global climate system due to its vast carbon storage. While it is typically ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey If deforestation ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

The Amazon Rainforest, where next year’s COP30 climate summit will be hosted, is reeling from two consecutive years of severe drought, with major rivers at record lows, leading to water shortages and ...

Camera trap photos reveal the Amazon's extremely rare ghost dog. It hunts by day and is more elusive than expected. The post ...

The Amazon is being deliberately destroyed. Trees that have stood for hundreds of years are being chopped down and fires are decimating the land to make way for agriculture. The reality is that we all ...

In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven ...