A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

The river was creamy brown, soup-like, and slow-moving beneath the scorching blue sky. Sandy yellow clumps of foam floated on ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Advanced modeling offers fresh insights into the diverse range of species found in rainforests. The Amazon rainforest hosts ...

Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need ...

To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to ...

The Madeira is at its lowest recorded level, disrupting cargo navigation, with most of its riverbed now endless sand dunes ...

(Bloomberg) -- Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts ...

After a fire ravaged nearly half of Brasilia National Forest, Brazil faces record-breaking fires and drought, while ...

Dad gazed into the distance. The sun glinted off the pipelines, the fence, and the oil well. “Oil,” he said, “is the blood of ...