Up to 3 million people once lived here. The jungle hid their monuments for 2,000 years.

The Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey See more of our ...

The Amazon rainforest responded to the most severe drought ever recorded in the basin with an unexpected defense mechanism. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, ...

Scientists searching beneath the dense Amazon rainforest uncovered something astonishing: a hidden six-story pyramid buried deep under the jungle canopy. The discovery is raising new questions about ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Deforestation of 22-28% of the Amazon Rainforest, coupled with 1.5-1.9°C of global warming, could trigger a widespread shift of the Amazon ...