A healthy Amazon rainforest outside Manaus, Brazil, in October 2022. The Amazon plays a huge role in regulating climate, as one of the largest carbon sinks in the world.

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 nine years.

Did you know the Amazon rainforest is called the “lungs of the Earth”? It covers over 2.5 million square miles. It’s home to about 10% of the world’s known species. This huge Tropical ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for the climate, has ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to ...

Mapping environmental crime in the Amazon rainforest key preserving it, study suggests By Mauricio Angelo Reuters Posted August 30, 2020 6:36 pm Updated August 30, 2020 6:37 pm ...

The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential ...

Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023.

Parts of the Amazon rainforest are on fire — that’s a fact, and one that scientists have been raising awareness about. But there is also misinformation spreading on the internet on what ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

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 ...