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Rainforest quiz: Can you sort Earth's largest rainforests from biggest to smallest?Quiz From the sprawling Amazon to the lesser-known tropical forests, see if you can correctly rank these rainforests by their total area.
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Pre-Inca culture acquired Amazonian parrots from hundreds of miles away to use their feathers to decorate the dead, new analysis revealsCenturies before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.
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The biggest trees in the Peruvian Amazon store the most carbon — and they also face the greatest threat from humansThe Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest.
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Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in AmazonScientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild.
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Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for longThe Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.
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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphereTree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.
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What are the largest rainforests in the world?Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.
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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforestsA slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.
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Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforestGiant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.
