Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

The Amazon Rainforest, the world's largest tropical rainforest, is home to some of the most extraordinary and diverse wildlife on the planet. From the colorful macaws and hummingbirds to the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest that dates back to the 18th century.. The Portuguese settlement previously appeared on some maps but its exact location ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

ONE AMAZON has announced the launch of the world’s first Internet of Forests (IoF™), a groundbreaking initiative designed to digitally monitor and protect th ...

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 ...

Researchers found Amazon trees held 56.8 billion metric tons of carbon above ground in 2022. They said that’s 64.7 million metric tons more than in 2013, making the Amazon a carbon sink over the ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6 percent compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, ... It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species.

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. ... It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species.

It was the worst year for Amazon fires since 2005, according to nonprofit Rainforest Foundation US. Between January and October, an area larger than the state of Iowa — 37.42 million acres, or ...