A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become ...

The new climate could lead to widespread tree loss, affecting the Earth's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the ...

The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Major soybean traders may abandon the Amazon Soy Moratorium, risking deforestation, to retain tax benefits in Brazil's Mato ...

A new study reveals the Amazon rainforest is transitioning into a 'hypertropical' state due to increasing droughts and heatwaves.

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...

Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routes ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...