The Amazon rain forest covers more than two million square miles of the earth's surface, spanning eight South American countries. Although the region has no seasons, the Amazon River rises and ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about human settlement in the Amazon.

The Amazon rainforest is a global hot spot of life and biodiversity. Spanning eight countries – Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – this ...

"The rich biodiversity of Amazon rainforest habitats today is due in large part to the high fertility of anthropogenic [human made] soils created over millennia by Indigenous farmers of South America.

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year.

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More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said on Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem.

Find out more about some of South America’s wildlife and some of the continent’s natural wonders below. Most of us have heard of the Amazon Rainforest and with good reason. It is the largest ...

Tropical rainforests are found across the world near the Equator in South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. The largest rainforest, the Amazon, is located in South America. More than half of ...

Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that ...