Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

Deforestation remains the top culprit paired with several destructive human activities behind Amazon's devastation.

The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the Earth” and credited with producing some 20 percent of the world’s ...

A forty-year study shows climate change is reshaping Amazon and Andean forests, with uneven tree gains and losses across ...

A researcher’s quest to preserve tracts of the Amazon basin leads him into wild adventure.

The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation ...

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 ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most unique and colorful birds in the world. From bright parrots to powerful ...

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 sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

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