Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

Davis Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

Ancestral fishing knowledge is now obsolete after dams broke the river’s rhythm, scrambling ancient fishing spots.

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela begins in the clouds, diving straight into the heart of the Amazon forest.

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

As Belém's COP30 ended in compromise, political forces moved swiftly to accelerate destruction far from the global spotlight.

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...