A new report about the Amazon Basin's natural and human history, released Nov. 12 at the United Nations climate conference, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, points to potential solutions to prevent ...

For weeks, we’ve seen headlines saying the Amazon rainforest is burning. But something unexpected happens when you map satellite data showing both the fires this year and those that have burned ...

A recent study looking at 343,000 kilometers of waterways along 6,000 rivers across the Amazon Basin highlights the importance of free-flowing rivers to migratory species of fish and turtles, as ...

More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental ...

Portions of the Amazon basin are experiencing a transition in energy and water cycles. Evidence suggests that the Amazon may also be transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source. This ...

First basin-wide analysis shows that there are about 390 billion trees belonging to 16,000 species in the Amazon Basin Latest U.S.

The Amazon rainforest lost an estimated 5 million acres in 2020, an area roughly the size of Israel, according to a recent report on the region. Experts warn that unchecked deforestation in the ...

Researchers found a new species of fish, Poecilocharax callipterus, in the Amazon Basin. Murilo N.L. Pastana & Willian M. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The Amazon Basin has long been regarded as the lungs of the Earth.And if that’s true, then sadly, the planet has a bit of a smoking problem.

The Amazon Basin is a wellspring of biodiversity, and our discovery of Serrasalmus magallanesi is just one example of the many species waiting to be unveiled.