A team of nearly 100 researchers found the average tree size in the massive rainforest has increased by more than 3 percent a ...

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

For decades, scientists feared the Amazon rainforest was teetering on the edge — increasingly stressed by rising temperatures, prolonged droughts and deforestation. But a landmark study published in ...

Plastic pollution is so widespread in the Amazon that it’s turning up in fish, birds, manatees, and even remote streams far ...

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Brazil’s environment minister bets on safeguards for the highway, but history shows similar plans have failed.

Local patrols in the Amazon are leading a conservation success story, protecting forests and wildlife against growing threats ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Suriname’s government has pledged to permanently protect 90% of its tropical forests, a move ...

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

A 30-year study found that Amazon rainforest trees are growing 3.2% larger each decade due to increased atmospheric carbon ...

A road that once opened the Amazon to destruction is being expanded, and critics fear history will repeat itself.