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

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

Deep in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, far from roads and modern comforts, I spent 72 hours completely immersed in the jungle. This was well outside my comfort zone, both physically and mentally.

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, causing mass tree die-offs.

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

The drive to open up more land for farmers in Brazil is helping to contribute to the conditions driving the fires in the Amazon rainforest.

CATALAO, Brazil (AP) — Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil’s ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and falls across nine countries in South America, including Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. But Brazil holds a massive 60% of it ...

When they say lights out in the Amazon jungle, student Erin Burke heeds the warning. “That’s when the snakes and wild animals come out,” said the travel and tourism management major. For two weeks, ...