What were the chances that I would see a pink dolphin or a sloth? If those animals were smart, they’d still be sleeping, ...

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats ...

BOQUEIRÃO INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — As darkness descended upon the isolated village, two gunshots echoed in the still grasslands. Then, a longer burst: eight shots. Alexandre Apolinário ...

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

By simulating the future atmosphere, scientists hope to understand whether trees will continue to act as the lungs of the ...

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 ...

The new report “reinforces that Brazil must take care of the forest,” said Ane Alencar, a geographer with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute who was not involved in the work.

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