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

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...

The river was creamy brown, soup-like, and slow-moving beneath the scorching blue sky. Sandy yellow clumps of foam floated on ...

Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need ...

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

Extreme drought across Brazil’s Amazon worsens local fears for the future Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dry conditions contributed to the highest number of fires in the Amazon rainforest from January through July in nearly 20 years, Reuters reported. During July, satellites detected more than ...

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 ...