The Amazon rain forest covers more than two million square miles of the earth's surface, spanning eight South American countries. Although the region has no seasons, the Amazon River rises and ...

It is 10 PM on a refreshing night, following a scorching September day in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon forest. The chant of howler monkeys is baffled by the sound of music, which the ...

CARAJÁS, Brazil — Jefferson Sousa could have been eking out a living at the expense of the Amazon forest, working on a cattle ranch like his father. “It was all I knew, it was what kept our ...

Orbiting spacecraft now routinely observe the Amazon rainforest and its health ... It shows a section of virgin forest being systematically removed over a three-year period.