Scientists created an artificial drought in the Amazon rainforest for over two decades. Initially resilient, the forest lost ...

The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of ...

University of Exeter researcher Mateus Cardoso Silva works in the forest at the Esecaflor project in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) ...

The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the most threatened. Every year, large sections of it disappear due to human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amazon could be racing closer to a calamitous tipping point that would transform the lush rainforest into a drier savanna ...

"If such an iconic animal went unnoticed for so many years, what about the less conspicuous and less studied animals and ...

Conservation workers are building barriers and clearing waterways to save native Swan galaxias. This tiny fish faces ...

Indigenous peoples forced from the Amazon rainforest are finally getting the legal power to return—and it’s not only about justice. Under their stewardship, the forests can thrive. In 2025, a small, ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...

The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high ...

BOGOTA – 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming ...