Tropical forests host an estimated 62% of global terrestrial vertebrate species on less than 20% of the Earth's land area and provide resources that directly benefit ~1.5 billion people throughout the ...

A collective work titled "Archaeology of the Amazon" offers a broad overview of traces left by thirteen millennia of human ...

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.

Tom Lovejoy, an authority on Amazonia -- is still threatened. Why? For the most part, the original threats to the forest remain in place: poverty, population growth, greed, short-term planning.

This 58,070-hectare protected area in northeastern Peru hosts rare white-sand forests and wildlife in Amazonia, the largest tropical forest region in the world. Characterized by nutrient-poor ...

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that ...

they journey together along the 4000 km from the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil to one of its sources in Ecuador where they meet with the guardians of the forest. As a result, we witness ...

Human ingenuity has made cassava edible for millennia. Brazil’s rainforest is a massive carbon store, so its severe drought could be a tipping point for the global climate. Listen to The ...