COP30, which will be held in Belém, Brazil, has been hit by revelations that a new road to service the conference is slicing ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

More than a third of Colombia’s land mass is covered by the Amazon Rainforest and scientists have taken an interest in protecting its biodiversity. That’s particularly evident at a ...

The Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic, diverse wildlife, from energetic monkeys to colorful macaws to predatory jaguars.

We write to highlight an urgent, yet preventable public health tragedy unfolding in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In May, 2025, eight Indigenous Achuar children from Taisha—an Amazonic village from the ...

Rainforests are among the most critical ecosystems on Earth. Home to roughly half of all terrestrial species, they provide oxygen and habitat, and help regulate regional rain and weather patterns. In ...

Here’s a snapshot of the 10 largest tropical rainforest regions: The Amazon is Earth’s largest rainforest, essential to continental rainfall patterns and global climate regulation. Renowned for its ...

Later this year, the global climate conference COP30 will descend on Brazil, at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. Local ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula ...

Former U.S. Interior Bruce Babbitt, who sits on the board of the nonprofit Amazon Conservation, said in a statement that the bill “will lead to massive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. It should ...

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on ...

Why are Amazon animal populations important? The Amazon rainforest is a hotbed for biodiversity, home to many species that science has yet to fully understand.The delicate balance between the species ...