In a groundbreaking discovery in Ecuador's Amazon, scientists have identified a unique spider species, Taczanowskia waska, ...

The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the ...

The impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists, activists, and citizens all over the globe. Natural habitats sustaining the region's incomparable ...

The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest. It harbors immense biodiversity and plays a crucial role in the global climate system by storing vast amounts of carbon in its vegetation. The Amazon is ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Amazon biodiversity protection depends on more than keeping forests standing; a forest can remain on the map while losing ecological function, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A two-decade study conducted in the southeastern Brazilian Amazon found that while degraded forests show high ecological resilience and no sign of ...

Climate researchers warn that the Amazon is close to a tipping point. This threatens a transformation that poses a massive threat to the global climate, biodiversity and food supply.

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 climate fed ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World ...