By Ginger Cassady The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a dangerous threshold. Scientists warn that continued deforestation ...

The Brazilian Amazon is on pace to see forest clearing hit a record low this year, government figures show. Officials credit ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse yet challenging habitats in the world. It is home to thousands of different ...

The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest.

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

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 ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST – 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 ...

In no small feat of geographic genius, a sizable segment of Flinn Elementary School in Sissonville became a part of the ...