Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...

While the loss of the rainforest would be terrible for many reasons locally, it would also have a big impact on the whole ...

For example, Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the protected lands by exploiting legal loopholes, as Reuters ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is unclear if this trend will continue ...

Amazon Rainforest Day, first celebrated in 2008, aims to raise awareness about the importance of Earth’s largest rainforest. There is a place where the Amazon meets the Andes, where forests climb the ...

Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

Fisher Stevens, who produced the 'We Are Guardians' documentary about the Amazon rainforest destruction, says these stories ...

Recent research shows that there is considerable overlap in the important corridors for jaguars and key freshwater species, highlighting the potential for integrated conservation.

The Ecuadorian government is moving to criminalise dozens of those who fight to defend the Amazon forest from deforestation, ...