New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

More than a third of Colombia’s land mass is covered by the Amazon Rainforest and scientists have taken an interest in protecting its biodiversity. That’s particularly evident at a ...

Spanish conquistadors were the first Europeans to encounter the Amazon. But the true pioneers of Amazon rainforest exploration were the botanists, zoologists, and naturalists who discovered and ...

The Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic, diverse wildlife, from energetic monkeys to colorful macaws to predatory jaguars.

The urgent message was delivered to Brazilian officials during annual U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, and includes new ...

Killed in the rainforest he hoped to help save, the journalist Dom Phillips left behind an unfinished manuscript. Those who ...

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Boiling River of Amazon. Image via Openverse. The ambitious rainforest expedition was launched in early 2022 as a collaborative effort between Peru’s National Service of Natural Protected Areas ...

The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel and 10 types of butterfly. 20 Dec 2024. Latin America. 5 Dec 2024. ... Biden first US president to visit Amazon rainforest.

This snake was found in another part of the Amazon rainforest by a team of scientists. Professor Freek Vonk, who was part of the expedition, even managed to capture a video of the creature.

The Amazon jungle is the world’s largest rainforest and the most biodiverse place on Earth, with 40,000 plant species and more than 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.