New research reveals that even the most 'untouched' parts of the Amazon rainforest still carry the ecological fingerprints of people who lived there hundreds or thousands of years ago. From ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are still learning new things about it every year, and what’s already known is ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil – If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold. During its campaign to develop the region, Brazil’s former military dictatorship chose ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply ...

Amazon is facing a climate that has not been experienced in millions of years, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Referred to as "hypertropical," the climate exhibits droughts that ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A sweeping, new study has found the rainforest’s ...

When people talk about “the Amazon,” they generally mean the vast Amazon rainforest, not the river that gave the forest its name. (To test this, Google “the Amazon.” When I did that, the list of top ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...