Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of ...

The first study of its kind, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), gathered data from 1,733 municipalities representing more than 74% of the Amazon to find that forests on ...

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Wildfires, deforestation and global warming could permanently destroy the water cycle that sustains parts of the Amazon rainforest if action is not taken in the coming decades, according to a study ...