A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the ...

As a physician who has cared for many patients with this deadly disease in Africa, I marveled at how this one tree has saved ...

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research ...

I finally made it happen a few months back, planning a trip with Expedição Katerre, traveling to the Brazilian Amazon to ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. It covers some 5.5 million square kilometres, and spans nine countries. It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than ...

Living up in the trees demands considerable effort ... “This alters the dynamics of the ecosystem,” Alvarenga says. “The Amazon Rainforest is sensitive to changes. Prolonged droughts ...