A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

In communities around the Amazon Rainforest, there's a pervasive belief that large landowners use their money to influence ...

The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become ...

How long would it take for the world's largest rainforest to burn down? If we don't do anything to stop it, we'll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest creates 20% of the Earth's oxygen. It's home to ...

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

Deep within a biosphere in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a luxury sanctuary that offers a fully guided immersion into the ...

(Original Caption) The Japura river on the border between Brazil and Colombia, the river meanders through virgin forest and flows into the Solimoens, the Brazilian section of the Amazon. (Photo by ...