Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, ...

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil's Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. The improvement ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer ...

With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to ...

Colombia's Procurator’s Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside the Jaci-Parana conservation zone and turned it into pasture ...

The project was inspired by 14-year-old Alisha Wald's experience seeing the rainforest near her grandparents' home in ...