Spanning nine countries, the Amazon Rainforest produces oxygen, stores carbon, and sustains life across the globe.

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.

Instead of being remembered as historic, the conference will likely further erode confidence in a process that many ...

After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has lead to years of environmental crisis.

They found that properties with secure land rights deforested less and were more likely to comply with Brazil's Forest Code, ...

Laser mapping of the Amazon rainforest uncovered the remains of a sprawling ancient city complete with roads, reservoirs, and ...

Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world's largest rainforest, according to a new international study published in the Proceedings of the ...

Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, according to a new collaborative and international study led by the University ...

A sizable U.S. Navy fleet continues to sail across Caribbean waters, hunting down vessels suspected of transporting drugs. Meanwhile, U.S. Marines have been deployed to Puerto Rico, where Cold War–era ...

Brazil is home to some of the planet’s largest areas of tropical forest, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest, on the country’s eastern coast, once covered 350 million acres, but ...