A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

This represented a 79% increase in areas burned compared to2023. The Amazon rainforest bore the brunt, accounting for 58% of ...

Green anacondas are not only found in the Amazon rainforest, but throughout South ... diving destinations thanks to piranhas and other dangerous animals that lurk about its murky waters.

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging ...

an organisation that works to protect rainforest ecosystems in the Amazon. Maldonado’s work in the Colombia-Peru-Brazil tri-border region of the Amazon has taken her into dangerous territories ...

The pristine canopy of the Amazon rainforest is breathtaking when seen from the air. It's hard to describe just how big it is, but it is absolutely vast, spanning nine countries in South America.

Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

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 ...