In a protected part of the Amazon, Bacuri, a young manatee that was found stranded and alone, is being raised in captivity.

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

A new report adds to the already overwhelming case that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon Rainforest ...

Brazil is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet, and this certainly doesn’t stop short at its sweeping, ...

A legal reversal and unconstitutional amendments Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares—about 60% of Peru's territory, according to ...

The Amazon rainforest, often called the “lungs of the Earth,” extends across nine South American countries and covers approximately 2.7 million square miles. This vast ecosystem not only supports ...

A controversial amendment to Peru's forestry law is sparking outrage, as it eliminates the need for state authorization before converting forest land, potentially accelerating Amazon deforestation.

Although the crisis in the Amazon due to deforestation and degradation has been accentuating in recent decades, recently revealed figures warn of the urgency of this situation, focusing its attention ...

This past December, I was driving down the Trans-Amazonian Highway, near the city of Santarém, in northern Brazil ... ever deeper into the rainforest. “The Amazon offers far more land than ...

The eyes of nations around the globe are currently focused on the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, where wildfires are wreaking havoc. Concern is growing over how smoke from the Amazon rainforest ...

“What we’re seeing is a convergence of both legal and illegal interests,” said Vladimir Pinto, the Peru field coordinator for Amazon Watch ... Association for the Development of the Peruvian ...

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares—about 60% of Peru's territory, according to nonprofit Rainforest Trust. It’s one of the ...