The Amazônia Revelada project aims to identify sites in the Amazon by combining state-of-the-art technology with the traditional knowledge of forest peoples.

But Dr Kourtchev and colleagues are still working on identifying the exact health risk posed to the rainforest's plants. 'The Amazon is a place of unique vegetation and wildlife, so these PFAS ...

A lost colonial city dating back to the 18th century was discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The ancient Portuguese ...

Explore the Issue Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest After Brazil ... particularly hydropower plants, Brazil’s main source of electricity. Roads. Road construction opens access to previously ...

The 73-year-old, one of the top experts on the Amazon rainforest, was cheering the fact that “for the first time ... theirs are often the product of naturally occurring lightning strikes that spread ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest. The city ... The city was hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation, and its discovery offers new insight ...

The 73-year-old, one of the top experts on the Amazon rainforest, was cheering the ... lightning strikes that spread quickly through dry vegetation, Nobre said. In the Amazon, by contrast, most ...

Millions of hectares of forest are burning in the Amazon and the homes of indigenous communities and vulnerable rainforest species are being destroyed. Fires in this precious landscape have burned an ...

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river ...

Extreme drought across Brazil’s Amazon worsens local fears for the future Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon and ...

An indigenous man in the Amazon rainforest. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. The agricultural importance of Amazonian plants is similarly underappreciated. Many globally important crops ...