The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic ...

Scientists found Amazon trees may share defense genes, helping them survive insects and explain extreme rainforest diversity.

How are conservationists encouraging reforestation in the Amazon?Peter Smyth, Tempe, AZ. The Amazon Rainforest covers eight ...

This video shows the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, where an endless canopy of tropical trees stretches across rolling hills ...

Some tree lineages in the Amazon have deep evolutionary roots, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, while others evolved much more recently. A newly published study has found that such tree ...

Scientists studying Peru’s Boiling River found 11% fewer tree species for every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in temperature, offering insights into how climate change might affect the Amazon Rainforest. The ...

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Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found. By Raymond Zhong and Flávia ...

Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that burn gold-mercury amalgams to extract gold particles. Credit: Simon Topp. For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited ...