Latest about Amazon rainforest
Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere
Tree 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.
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.
Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests
A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.
Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforest
Giant 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.
'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry
Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.
El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest
Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds spiritual significance for Indigenous people.
How we found the northern green anaconda, a new species of the heaviest snake on Earth
The northern green anaconda has been identified as a new species after genetic analysis showed it split from its southern counterpart 10 million years ago.
Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn
Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase.
