The construction of a road is drawing attention in the run-up to the annual U.N. climate conference in Brazil.

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of ancient cities in Ecuador’s Amazon. Recent advancements in archaeological ...

With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor ...

When Stéphen Rostain first began his archaeology career, other scientists tried to discourage him from studying the Amazon ...

Why it's incredible: El Cono stands alone in the rainforest and has a mysterious pyramidal shape. Cerro El Cono is a 1,310-foot-tall (400 meters), pyramid-like formation in the Amazon rainforest.

A new report adds to the already overwhelming case that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon Rainforest serve as a critical carbon sink. The report, based on satellite data ...

Beyond lush canopies and winding rivers, the Amazon Rainforest offer some of the world's most exotic and colourful bird species. Scarlet Macaw, a striking Amazonian bird, features red, yellow ...

See All Key Ideas MADEIRA RIVER, Brazil — While the Amazon Rainforest’s historical drought was peaking in September 2024, the Paraizinho community, in the southern Amazon, went through its ...

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have been blazing for months, and it could take months more still to put them out. Although fires ...

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30. President Joe Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon on Sunday and made a ...