For centuries, the Amazon rainforest was described as an untouched wilderness where only small, scattered groups of people could survive. Early-twentieth-century scholarship argued that the region’s ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...

Deep in the flooded forests of the western Amazon, scientists have identified afrog species that had remained invisible to ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

SAO PAULO — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official annual ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Three 2026 studies reveal that the Amazon can regrow quickly, but deforestation and warming could trigger a system-wide tipping point in the next ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In recent decades, the Amazon Rainforest has repeatedly and increasingly been struck by devastating drought along with record heat due to climate ...