Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. But if not managed carefully, we could 'threaten the integrity of the whole system,' researchers say.

Wildfires and extreme drought. Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

Item 1 of 3 A drone view of a forest fire devastation in the Amazon in an area of the Trans-Amazonian Highway BR230 in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil September 4, 2024.

From brilliant macaws to terrifying jaguars, the Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic wildlife. In this gorgeous video, explore the mysteries of this ancient forest, which is dense with jungles and ...

TOPSHOT - View of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. - Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires ...

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land. Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago. Lost cities in Amazon that lasted 1,000 years are ...