The Amazon rainforest, one of the largest remaining tropical rainforests on our planet, faces several threats that are slowly damaging its rich biodiversity. Illegal logging, rapidly increasing global ...

Every day, empty logging trucks rumble into Puerto Lucerna, a small outpost on Peru’s Las Piedras River, which snakes through the lush Amazon rain forest. There, workers load them up with pyramids of ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years. Dr. Magali ...

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A sweeping, new study has found the rainforest’s ...

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey For decades, the dry season in the Amazon rainforest has been getting drier. A new ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

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