The Amazon Rainforest generates its own weather. Each day, the forest’s 390 billion trees release approximately 20 billion metric tons of water vapor into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

In the vast green expanse of the Amazon rainforest lies a mysterious hill that has fascinated experts. From the heart of eastern Peru, not far from the Brazilian border, a huge, cone-shaped structure ...

Peru grants legal rights to native stingless bees, setting a global precedent to protect key pollinators in the Amazon rainforest.

Lago do Soares, Brazil — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has been ...

The Amazon rainforest — a vital carbon sink and home to thousands of communities — faces growing pressure as foreign aid cuts take hold. With the right investment and support, this living laboratory ...

A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said. The ...