Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...
The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is often referred to as the ‘lungs of the Earth.’ If you think of the planet as a living being, it is not difficult to imagine its fate if the lungs are impaired or ...
The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most unique and colorful birds in the world. From bright parrots to powerful ...
The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and falls across nine countries in South America, including Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. But Brazil holds a massive 60% of it ...
MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...
The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...
Watch out for that tree, Joe of the Jungle! President Biden walked into the jungle Sunday, becoming the first sitting commander-in-chief to set foot in the Amazon rainforest as he pledged to “fight ...
Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...
As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...
Jordan Hauenschild moved to the Ecuadorian jungle to be with her true love. Five minutes on Instagram then lights out, I told myself. It was 2023, and I’d been daydreaming about a hiking adventure in ...
Hundreds of square miles of the rainforest have burned as countries in the region battle a record number of fires fueled by extreme weather. By Ana Ionova and Manuela Andreoni Ana Ionova reported from ...