The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

In Alto Mayo, a forest in Peru, there's more than meets the eye. Conservation International's recent survey of Alto Mayo, which is part of the Amazon, exceeded expectations, with findings that change ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil’s ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

Throughout my life, the Amazon had distinct dry and rainy seasons. But recently, the weather has gone completely crazy. It ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...