Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

The Amazon rainforest is estimated to have 390 billion individual trees and innumerable species of plants and animals. Canopy ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make ... Diggers and machines carve through the forest floor, ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

Forest floor The forest floor is very dark and ... Image caption, The Tupi Guarani people live in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. There are many different Amazon groups in addition to the Tupi ...

criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before. Historically low water ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...