What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers Launched in 2000 by Brazilian and British scientists, Esecaflor, is the longest-running project ...

Rainforest habitats are full of amazing plants and animals! Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS1 Science guide.

Scientists have visited the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest after three years of planning, five expeditions and an arduous two-week trek through dense jungle.

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. But unlike other espionage efforts, there is no risk of betrayal ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...

Beyond being the senior elder in the 2,000-member Marubo tribe, Varî Vãti is likely one of the oldest people still living deep in the Amazon rainforest.

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...

Watch out for that tree, Joe of the Jungle! President Biden walked into the jungle Sunday, becoming the first sitting commander-in-chief to set foot in the Amazon rainforest as he pledged to ...

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 ...