While the loss of the rainforest would be terrible for many reasons locally, it would also have a big impact on the whole ...

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

The Oregon festival's sustainability program has helped plant hundreds of trees and protect thousands of acres of rainforest. Get the details.

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

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

Scientists found that climate change has been increasing the size of larger trees in the Amazon by about 3 percent per decade ...

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

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

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