A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

By Maxwell Radwin Cutting-edge machine-learning models have created one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps yet of ...

This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...

Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday ...

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

Ticks, tarantulas and unchartered territory, oh my! A UK explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river and ...

British explorer Ash Dykes discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river, after being stalked by jaguar and army ants in ...

Wildfires, storms, and selective logging as major drivers of Amazon rainforest carbon emissions, surpassing clear-cutting.

Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need ...

Brazil is fighting wildfires that have cast smoke across swaths of its territory, fuelled by heatwaves and the nation’s worst drought on record.

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital ...