The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the ...

A new long-term field study reveals that adding biochar to tropical soils can subtly reshape underground ecosystems, influencing insects and other tiny organisms that play vital roles in forest health ...

Why did evolution produce a spider the size of a dinner plate? The Goliath birdeater offers a fascinating glimpse into life ...

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 worldwide demand for açaí has helped turn a forest fruit into a global product, but intensified production may be ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...

In recent decades, the Amazon Rainforest has repeatedly and increasingly been struck by devastating drought along with record heat due to climate change. Add to this record wildfires, rapid ...

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 ...

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 ...

The life of Varî Vãti Marubo shows how much life has changed for the rainforest’s Indigenous tribes — and how much has stayed the same. Varî Vãti Marubo is likely one of the oldest people still living ...

SAO PAULO — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official annual ...