In Brazil’s long-running battle between industries that exploit the rainforest’s ... business interests to the Amazon’s ...
This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...
Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every shore" will be disappointed, Lonely Planet said. Instead, the ...
With over 80,000 plant species and hundreds of thousands of animal species, the Amazon rainforest is a green ocean of life. Image: Cinétévé In the midst of this ecosystem, the kapok tree ...
Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of ...
The pristine canopy of the Amazon rainforest is breathtaking when seen from the air. It's hard to describe just how big it is, but it is absolutely vast, spanning nine countries in South America.
Researchers across the globe, from Australia to the Amazon rainforest, are experimenting on forests in a bid to better understand the role trees play in keeping the Earth cool. Their findings ...
Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. It covers some 5.5 million square kilometres, and spans nine countries. It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than ...
Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows.
This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on Earth. Oh, it's really raining and very warm! Plants grow well here because it's so hot and wet. This tree has its own microhabitat.