By Mongabay.com Illegal gold miners are now operating very close to the second-tallest tree in the Amazon Rainforest, ...

Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

But some of the moisture the trees transpire also travels past the Andes to central and southern regions of Brazil and on to Argentina and Paraguay through humid air currents known as "flying rivers." ...

Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts. They're not grown on farms — they're collected in the rainforest after they drop naturally off wild trees. While the nuts support Indigenous ...

A range of plants grow here, from tropical rainforest trees to ... The vegetation here is largely grasses. Brazil has six biomes. The largest biome is the Amazon rainforest in the north.

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

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.

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30. ... St. Paul removes 10 of 20 mature trees from Parkview Avenue Storms tore up two of America ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of rainforest while helping local communities build ...

Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that ...

The 'loneliest man in the world' spent almost three decades surviving on his own in the depths of the Amazon rainforest. In ...

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have ... It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than 16,000 plant ...