A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term ...

Scientists warn the Amazon is shifting to a 'hypertropical state' due to climate change. Learn how rising emissions could ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

The Amazon rainforest, often called the lungs of the Earth, is facing one of its most dangerous moments in modern history as ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

North America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make pulp for ...

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the ...

Giant Amazon tree Drypetes oliveri, towering 115 feet, was discovered after 40 years, with only a few surviving in Peru.

A study has revealed that humanity’s footprint in the Amazon rainforest is reshaping the forest in ways scientists didn't ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing longer dry seasons and droughts, which could edge it into a new climate known as the “hypertropics.” Crossing this biome threshold would come with ...