The rainforest has many layers There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the ...

The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators - continues to face serious threats ...

A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30.

Two ithomiine butterflies (left: Hypothyris anastasia, right: Hypoleria sarepta) at Yasuni National Park, Ecuador Image of ...

At least 40,000 people are expected to attend the November 10-21 event in Belem, known as the gateway to the Amazon ...

Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos ...

As a controversial bill nears passage in Brazil, environmentalists and civil society prepare for what they call the ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.