First basin-wide analysis shows that there are about 390 billion trees belonging to 16,000 species in the Amazon Basin. ... will give researchers a clearer picture of threats to the flora.

The vast extent and difficult terrain of the Amazon Basin (including parts of Brazil, Peru ... Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora. Science, 2013; 342 (6156): 1243092 DOI: 10.1126 ...

The researchers found that throughout the Amazon basin, ... and ecological factors structuring the 16,000-species Amazonian tree flora remains a focus of the team's work.

The Amazon basin, once likened to an Inland Sea by Alfred ... form of soil management is a microcosm of the extraordinary wealth of ecological and medicinal knowledge of the local flora and ...

Using satellite imagery to peer through the rainforest, archaeologists found evidence of ancient human communities buried in the Amazon Basin.

Forest fires have consumed tens of millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and illegal burning of forests and pastures.

Dammed to hell: Hydropower in the Amazon basin is threatening hundreds of rare and unique species with extinction. There are already 191 dams in the Amazonian basin with 243 more planned ...

ALMOST 400 billion trees belonging to 16,000 different species grow in the Amazon, a new estimate claims. More than 100 experts analysed data from 1170 surveys to come up with the figures ...

Scientists and the media have documented deepening drought in the Amazon basin. But a new study finds that flood events are significantly intensifying too, becoming five times more common over the ...

Abel Rodríguez, Amazon Basin Artist and Plant Expert, Has Died The Nonuya (Indigenous Colombian) painter was revered for his bright ink-on-paper renderings of the region’s lush flora and fauna ...