The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, through the Brazilian Empire and the Andean Republics of the nineteenth century,

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest sign of the security forces withdrawing.

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest.

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees in the Amazon.

Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows.

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The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total burned area, which is 58% of the overall destruction.

Brazil warned Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement would have a major impact on COP30 talks to be held in the Amazon in November. The annual UN climate talks are taking place for the first time in ...

The governor of Brazil's largest farm state Mato Grosso said on Monday he would veto a state bill that sought to weaken protections for endangered biomes inside state borders, following broad criticism from climate activists.

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every shore" will be disappointed, Lonely Planet said. Instead, the "quintessential experiences" are more "sublime than superlative," like canoeing, hiking under the tree canopy or boating up the Amazon River.

Women who live in riverside communities in the Amazon often contend with challenges that prevent them from accessing critical prenatal care, from low tide levels to long, costly journeys. But in the Brazilian state of Pará,

Forests flanking Brazil's rivers act as "highways" that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows.