The rainforest has many layers There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the ...

The Amazon and Congo jungles are two of the world’s most renowned and ecologically significant rainforests, but despite their ...

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

Climate change may cut rainfall across the tropics by slowing a key Atlantic current, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods.

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is ...

In his first full year in power, Amazon deforestation hit the highest level in more than a decade. Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 12.2 percent from 2020 to 2021, the highest in 19 years.

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

The Amazon is not just a rainforest—it’s a lifeline, a source of healing for both the human body and the planet. Tracy and I following our trek, visited with local traditional healer, Dona Maria.

Understanding how drought can affect the Amazon, an area twice the size of India that crosses into several South American nations, has implications far beyond the region. The rainforest stores a ...

Understanding how drought can affect the Amazon, an area twice the size of India that crosses into several South American nations, has implications far beyond the region. The rainforest stores a ...