Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the Amazon rainforest to ease travel for attendees. The highway, one of ...

Brazil cut down portions of the Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway and make it just a little easier for those 50,000 people to arrive.

From brilliant macaws to terrifying jaguars, the Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic wildlife. In this gorgeous video, explore the mysteries of this ancient forest, which is dense with jungles and ...

A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in the Amazon rainforest since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday.

Rainfall induces bursts of natural nanoparticles that can form clouds above the Amazon rainforest, study shows by Max Planck Society ...

Archaeologists have begun uncovering a 250-year-old lost city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest — and are using advanced technology to survey it.

The Amazônia Revelada project aims to identify sites in the Amazon by combining state-of-the-art technology with the traditional knowledge of forest peoples.