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

The Amazon rainforest, long perceived as a pristine wilderness, is now being unveiled as a cradle of ancient garden towns.

Avoiding products that drive deforestation is an easy step one ...

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

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

Plastic pollution is so widespread in the Amazon that it’s turning up in fish, birds, manatees, and even remote streams far ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just ...

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

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

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...

"We're part of this natural world, and so we must defend it," he said. Santiago Manuin, one of the most celebrated defenders of Peru's Amazon rainforest and the leader of the Awajún tribe, whose vast ...