Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...

A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, I joined local hunters for a catch and cook experience like no other. From traditional trapping methods to open-fire cooking, we prepared and tasted some of the most ...

Avoiding products that drive deforestation is an easy step one ...

Scientists warn surge in fires signals growing ecological fragility as blazes overtake deforestation as main emissions driver ...

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe Biden declared Sunday that there’s no going back in America’s “clean energy revolution” even as the incoming Trump ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...