The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the most threatened. Every year, large sections of it disappear due to human ...

Deep inside the Amazon, Indigenous leaders are fighting to preserve the rainforest More than 9 million acres of tropical ...

Isoprene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is produced naturally by plants. More than 500 megatonnes of isoprene are ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World ...

Lesly, Soleiny, Tien and Cristin lived in the Amazon rainforest for over a month after their plane crashed Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Indigenous groups, agroforestry, seed projects, AI monitoring and the Amazon Fund are helping reforest and protect the Amazon Rainforest.

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 change.

The impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists, activists, and citizens all over the globe. Natural habitats sustaining the region's incomparable ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia's president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.