The Amazon isn't as pristine as you might think. Turns out, humans have been changing its landscape for thousands of years. This suggests that some of the Amazon we know today was largely ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

Amazon Rainforest Dieback The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," is teetering on the edge of a ...

Thousands of residents are at risk of losing their homes in the Amazon rainforest due to terrifying sinkholes. The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon ...

You cannot miss the Pantanal. Unlike the Amazon rainforest, this destination is an open landscape that makes it easier to spot rare animals such as jaguars, capybaras, caimans, and giant otters.

The potentially catastrophic slowdown of a critical ocean current due to climate change may have one upside: it could help prop up the Amazon rainforest in the face of rising temperatures.