Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, according to scientsits. It’s been a bad year for the Amazon, which ...

If tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate ...

A patch of degraded forest the size of a soccer field is home to the world’s longest-running experiment simulating ...

As Brazil prepares to host COP30, construction of a controversial highway through the Amazon rainforest has sparked criticism ...

The president of Brazil has been pursuing his big plans for the Amazon rainforest, even as parts of it burn in massive wildfires. He has been working to carve more mines and pave new roads.

To fully understand what’s happening in the Amazon, we must listen to Indigenous peoples. They are the guardians of the rainforest and have invaluable knowledge that can protect and restore nature for ...

Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area ...

To fully understand what’s happening in the Amazon, we must listen to Indigenous peoples. They are the guardians of the rainforest and have invaluable knowledge that can protect and restore nature for ...

Fires raged across the Amazon rainforest in 2024, annihilating more than 4.6 million hectares of primary tropical forest—the most biodiverse and carbon-dense type of forest on Earth. That loss ...

A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest, official ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense ...