South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Brazil's Lula Backs Highway Through Amazon That Could Drive Deforestation By Bruno Kelly and Anthony Boadle MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after months of ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after months of hedging on the issue, has committed his government to finishing ...

Nearly 40% of the areas of the Amazon rainforest most critical to curbing climate change have not been granted special government protection, as either nature or indigenous reserves, according to ...

Federal highway BR-319, a roughly 900 km (560 miles) stretch from Porto Velho near Bolivia to the Amazon's largest city of Manaus, was first bulldozed through the forest in the 1970s by Brazil's ...

In the Eastern Amazon flooded forest, trees stay partly covered by water due to the rainy season that typically lasts from February to June. Photo is taken in early August when the water levels start ...

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

A man who has been dubbed the real-life Tarzan is on a mission to save 92,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest. Paul Rosolie, 36, says he has seen the devastating change within the Amazon jungle ...