The "walking tree" of the Amazon, Socratea exorrhiza, is a myth fueled by its distinctive stilt roots. These roots adapt to ...

Photographer Lalo de Almeida has been documenting the industrialisation taking place in the Amazon rainforest after the ...

A single tropical tree can create as much cooling as several air conditioners, and across forests can cool a whole region.

New research finds that even a few scattered trees on farmland can give a big boost to forest wildlife. On the edges of the ...

Forest loss, along with climate change, is changing the resilience of the Amazon Rainforest. By disrupting the movement of ...

WashU biologists helped analyze 40 years of data from 406 South American tropical forest plots, revealing subtle but ...

This "critical slowing down" is raising alarm bells about the future of this vital ecosystem, according to The Guardian.

By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO, March 26 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government auctioned its first-ever public land concession ...

Black Tomato’s immersive journey unlocks rarely seen stretches of the Rio Negro with once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this forest consists of insects. These small creatures pollinate plants, ...

A dense rainforest in the Amazon, Brazil is covered by thick morning mist. No roads or human paths are visible through the ...