Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have ...

The Amazon Rainforest, the world's largest tropical rainforest, is home to some of the most extraordinary and diverse ...

What would life on Earth be like without the Amazon rainforest? Fires that have been ravaging the region have prompted global concern about the impact on the planet's climate and wildlife – and ...

Why does the health of the world’s largest rainforest matter to us? The Amazon has the ability to absorb more than 20% of the earth’s carbon dioxide. The proliferation of fires in the Amazon ...

New research led by IIASA reveals a surprising link between two major climate-tipping elements: the Southern Amazon ...

French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend's G-7 summit. And even Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who previously ...

Tropical rainforests cover around 6% of our planet, yet they're home to more than half of the world’s species. They're also one of our planet’s most vital defences against climate change. But a new ...

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 ...

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 ...