Ecologist Dan Nepstad has studied the Amazon for more than 30 years. He explained to me why it's hard to know the true extent of these fires. DAN NEPSTAD: In an intact Amazon forest - a virgin forest ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most unique and colorful birds in the world. From bright parrots to powerful hunters, these birds play a vital role in the jungle ecosystem. Discover 5 ...

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which ...

Slowing deforestation in Brazil and pledges to ban oil drilling in Colombia offer slivers of hope for the Amazon.

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 ...

In Eunápolis, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for agriculture started centuries ...

After 44 years of observation, researchers have discovered that the Amazon is doing the opposite of what all the models predicted - ...