Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become ...

The new climate could lead to widespread tree loss, affecting the Earth's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the ...

The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit record levels of deforestation in April, nearly doubling highs set for the same period last year, according to newly released government statistics. A total of 390 ...

Lost and by themselves, four children managed to survive 40 days in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle before they were rescued. The four children — Lesly, 13; Soleiny, 9; Tien Noriel, 4; and Cristin ...

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 ...

Deep within a biosphere in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a luxury sanctuary that offers a fully guided immersion into the ...

Four young children found last month after surviving 40 days in the Amazon rainforest following an air crash have been released from hospital and are in good shape, according to Colombian authorities.