The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

Droughts and logging have wreaked havoc on the rainforest often called the "world's lungs," scientists say

Thousands of Brazilians have gathered outside Congress in Brasilia to protest a set of bills that they say threaten the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous people living in it

A new study has determined the Amazon rainforest is approaching a “tipping point” of die-off, wherein the region will be irreversibly changed into a savanna.

Sprawling 5.5 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the largest of its kind and home to about one in ten of all known species. To date, at least 40,000 plants, 2,200 fish, 1,200 birds, 400 mammals, 400 amphibians, and 375 reptiles have been scientifically classified in the region, not…

Analysis of satellite observations show forest is losing stability with ‘profound’ global implications

Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future

Geoldi’s Monkeys are a small and vulnerable primate found throughout western regions of the Amazon basin

More than a million litres of oil spilled in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador after a pipeline ruptured on January 28. The company that manages the pipeline said it was damaged by falling rocks, brought down by erosion and heavy rain, claiming that the incident "could not have been foreseen".…

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