This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...

Researchers across the globe, from Australia to the Amazon rainforest, are experimenting on forests in a bid to better understand the role trees play in keeping the Earth cool. Their findings ...

The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat ... mostly in the branches of the giant trees.Image: Cinétévé Dragonflies and damselflies buzz around the spines ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. It covers some 5.5 million square kilometres, and spans nine countries. It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than ...

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.

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.

Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic ...

For example, fast-growing trees with soft wood lose their capacity ... Previous research has indicated that the Amazon Rainforest absorbed 30% less carbon in the 2000s compared to the 1990s.