By Sarah Brown In the Igarapé Lourdes Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon, community members gather to listen to ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a corner ...

The Amazon is home to more than 30,000 species of plants; 2.5 million species of insects; 2,500 fish; more than 1,500 bird species; 550 reptiles; and 500 mammals, according to the Wildlife ...

Map showing total forest loss in the original Amazon forest biome. An estimated 13.2% has been lost due to deforestation and other causes. Data from Amazon Conservation Association and MAAP.

How Amazon forest loss may affect water—and climate—far away. A surge in deforestation under Brazil's president could "tip" the Amazon, affecting weather and water supplies—in Brazil and beyond.

The Amazon rain forest, which saw devastating wildfires last year wipe out massive amounts of vegetation, has caught fire once again, and experts are predicting the damage could be even worse.

Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point? Date: February 14, 2024 Source: University of Birmingham Summary: Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

Climate change will likely intensify fires in the Amazon rainforest, which could turn it from a carbon sink into a carbon source, scientists have warned.. Some 16 percent of the forest in the ...

In the faraway Amazon, politics and commercial exploitation are fueling fires that threaten the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Closer to home, in Alaska, the Tongass National Forest, which ...