Deep in the Amazon rainforest, where rivers serve as highways and entire communities sit days away from the nearest ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Researchers found microplastics in every frog tadpole sampled in the Amazon rainforest. Learn what this means for ...

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

When President Joe Biden worked to burnish his climate legacy in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, the unspoken presence of Donald Trump shadowed the historic stop. A sitting American president had ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Covering more than 2 million square miles in South America, the world's biggest tropical rainforest hides lots of scary ...

The Amazon rainforest has been plundered for decades for rubber, timber and gold. Now, seeking a new treasure, illegal prospectors are setting their sights on the critical minerals coveted by much of ...

Predating the Amazon, Australia's Daintree Rainforest is a 135-million-year-old marvel. Discover the ancient biodiversity ...

President Joe Biden is visiting the Amazon rainforest today, becoming the first U.S. president to do so. It’s part of a wider South American trip that began with Biden meeting with leaders of the Asia ...