Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the ...

The first signs of the river were the volcanoes, armored with ice. I saw them from the plane as I was flying down from Quito, ...

Soy producers have long argued that the moratorium hurt business because it is stricter than Brazilian environmental law.

A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

How long would it take for the world's largest rainforest to burn down? If we don't do anything to stop it, we'll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest creates 20% of the Earth's oxygen. It's home to ...

A scraping sound reverberated from the hull as our tiny wooden boat once again juddered to a halt, sending us lurching forward. One of our two-man Indigenous crew jumped from the stern into the ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year. The ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...