For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. Leticia Yawanawa has an ambitious plan ...

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

Riverside forests in Brazil have facilitated continuous tree migration between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests. DNA ...

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

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat. Its canopy of leaves, almost 50 meters high, towers over the crowns of the forest. The tree shapes the myths of the ...

Riverside forests help trees migrate between Amazon and Atlantic forests, shaping biodiversity over millions of years.

Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' ...

Investors visit untouched rainforest on a former cattle ranch purchased by Mombak in the Amazon region near ... a tree that is emblematic in Brazil. Mombak aims to plant at least 30 million ...

of land owned by the Brazilian agribusiness firm with native species from the Amazon rainforest, it said on Monday. Their partnership is the latest deal for the nascent reforestation business in ...

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have ... millions of animal species and more than 16,000 plant species. Sadly, the Amazon ...

Carlos Nobre, a Brazilian climate scientist and leading researcher studying the Amazon rainforest, said he didn’t see Trump continuing that commitment. He also said he is concerned about Trump ...