'Highest wind ever observed by man'? A new reading challenges history.

Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

Dinosaur footprints found in the Amazon rainforest offer rare evidence of Jurassic-era species once roaming this tropical ...

Learn why the Amazon is critical for our planet and how WWF is working to protect its forests, rivers, and wildlife from growing threats.

The government of Brazil, Brazilian communities, and a broad coalition of partners—including WWF—launched the ARPA ...

Scientists are revealing how the Amazon tree boa's skin scales help it move and hunt in the rainforest. These scales have ...

The Amazon rainforest, often described as the lungs of the planet, is teeming with life. Thousands of Amazonian land ...

Tourists snapping selfies with sloths are fueling a booming black market that’s tearing these gentle animals from the Amazon ...

Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem to put rainforests at the heart of negotiations on how to curb global warming. But as delegates from almost ...

Following a campaign by environmentalists for greater transparency into the origins of beef, the government of leftwing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — which has overseen a significant drop in ...

Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What ...

A Texas refinery that supplies green fuel to US airlines has been purchasing animal fat from cattle raised on illegally cleared lands in the Amazon rainforest, according to ...