Later this year, the global climate conference COP30 will descend on Brazil, at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. Local ...

Illegal cattle ranches clearing the Amazon rainforest are behind the leather in high-end handbags made by top European and ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper ...

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CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future. Understanding how soil, roots ...

In honor of World Rainforest Day on June 22, we look at two recent Mongabay investigations that shed light on the challenges and triumphs in the world’s largest and most biodiverse rainforest: the ...

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out When trees die from drought, they release carbon, accelerating global warming Fabiano Maisonnave ...