Avoiding products that drive deforestation is an easy step one ...

A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

Climate skeptics are targeting new research on the Amazon to downplay global warming's impact on rainforests as Brazil ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just ...

The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst fire season in over two decades in 2024, with devastating consequences for both ...

Peru’s government has established the Medio Putumayo Algodón Regional Conservation Area in the Loreto region of the Amazon Rainforest. This new protected area holds 53% of Peru’s carbon stock, which ...

In the vast expanse of the Amazon rainforest, an unexpected phenomenon is unfolding before our eyes: trees, whether young or old, are seeing their circumference increase significantly. This ...

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them ...

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...