I paddled through the still waters of the lagoon in front of La Selva Eco-Lodge and Retreat, a resort deep within the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, one of the planet’s most biodiverse places, in the ...

How long would it take for the world's largest rainforest to burn down? If we don't do anything to stop it, we'll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest creates 20% of the Earth's oxygen. It's home to ...

The girl who fell from the sky' was just 17 years old when she fell 10,000 feet from a crashing plane and into the Amazon Rainforest, in a story like no other ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area was established to protect a swath of the Amazon Rainforest from the cattle industry. However, satellite data show the reserve has lost around ...

ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Cofco signed 2006 agreement to protect Brazil's Amazon forest with soy farming moratorium Mato Grosso law strips tax incentives from conservation program participants Emboldened ...

A study has revealed that humanity's footprint in the Amazon rainforest is reshaping the forest in ways scientists didn't expect — altering its deep evolutionary history and disrupting how the ...

In the remote forests of central Perú, stingless bees are doing far more than making honey. They're anchoring an entire way of life. Their presence shapes crop yields, cultural traditions, and the ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face deforestation. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Preventing illegal road building could ...

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the rainforest is approaching a climate state that scientists are calling ...

Deep in the Amazon, two men hold the key to protecting over 240,000 hectares of untouched rainforest. As powerful interests move in and the government retreats, their silence may cost them everything.