A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South ...

The Amazon rainforest is in trouble. According to Earth.com, 1,539 square miles of it, or an area around five times the size ...

Dozens of indigenous nations from different countries are calling for an oil drilling ban in the world's largest rainforest ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.

If you're looking for an adventure for your next vacation, consider a trip to the Amazon, where you can drive on one of the ...

Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

This sustainable hotel (with modern, luxurious amenities) is situated right on the Rio Negro, close to the City of Manaus in the center of Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest. It can’t get much better than ...

Also read: No respite for Brazil’s Yanomami group facing illegal mining-linked crisis Under Mr. Lula, illegal mining destroyed 4,219 hectares of Amazon rainforest — equivalent to about 5,900 ...

Belém is a ragged town in the Brazilian Amazon that is hot ... Since 1988, when records on deforestation began, a chunk of rainforest larger than Florida has been razed there.

BRASILIA, Brazil — With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand ...