The Brazilian Amazon is on pace to see forest clearing hit a record low this year, government figures show. Officials credit ...

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.

Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...

The Oreobates shunkusacha was found in the San Martín region of the Amazon forest in Peru ...

The sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest come alive in this soothing and relaxing video that makes you feel you are in the heart of the world’s most biodiverse rainforest. The team at the Amazon ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...