The Brazilian government has committed $617.5 million to boost ecological investment in the Amazon. Eight banks have pledged an additional $2 billion.

Gold prices soar. Illegal mining spreads. The Amazon rainforest pays the price. NHK traveled to Peru's front lines to examine ...

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further ...

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds ...

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought, is ...

For the first time, scientists have documented microplastics in frog tadpoles living in the wild Amazon rainforest — and the contamination showed up in every single pond and every single tadpole they ...

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

Four siblings were stranded in the Amazon rainforest for 40 days after their plane crashed. Here’s everything to know about where the Mucutuy kids are now.

Covering more than 2 million square miles in South America, the world's biggest tropical rainforest hides lots of scary ...

On Earth, there are a handful of places that can truly be called “one of a kind.” The Amazon rainforest is one of those truly magical places. The Amazon River basin is like a real-life treasure chest ...