A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

Deep in the flooded forests of the western Amazon, scientists have identified afrog species that had remained invisible to science until now. Named Adenomera varcena, the newly described amphibian ...

Tropical forests may look like a uniform sea of green from above, but new research shows that carefully measured differences in forest structure and function can help explain how birds use existing ...

Climate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the Amazon towards the limits of survival. Researchers are racing to chart its future. The Pulitzer Center in Washington DC supported ...

Brazil’s October presidential election could reshape the future of the Amazon, with the winner leading the country that ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tropical forests actively generate rainfall by releasing moisture into the atmosphere, with each square meter producing hundreds of liters of rain ...

The Amazon rainforest, often called the lungs of our planet, is buckling under the pressure of rampant deforestation and climate change. Now, another threat is emerging, and scientists worry it could ...