The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the planet because its trees help to regulate the global climate by ...

The suspension of the moratorium could cost the Amazon dearly. It also threatens biodiversity and the communities that rely ...

For decades the world’s largest rainforest has been getting drier. A new study published in Nature Communications ...

In 2013, a small group of Brazilian forestry engineers ecologists, and other scientists formed a special operations unit.

A new Bartonella species was discovered in Amazonian sand flies. Its close relation to Andean disease-causing species ...

The reserve had been proposed to protect Indigenous people living in isolation along the border with Brazil. Indigenous ...

The Amazon is the world's largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet's longest rivers.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is doing far more than clearing trees: it’s directly shrinking the region’s rain supply ...

"The show is co-curated by a committee of representatives from each country within the Amazon region," says the art website.

Brazil seeks China's support to salvage maritime emissions pact opposed by Trump. Brazil is banking on China to support a ...

Callan Bole was trapped in the Amazon rainforest for 18 days and feared he was going to die before a twist of fate meant that ...

An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased ...