A new lidar survey of dense Amazonian rainforest has revealed hundreds of earthworks made by a mysterious civilization two ...

The Amazon rainforest may look like one of the last truly wild places on Earth - but experts have discovered evidence of a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new ...

In 2020, the Covid pandemic slowed down just about everything—save for deforestation of the Amazon. That year, Brazil lost almost 15 square miles of vegetation per day, equal to 24 trees every second.

Ancient cedars, glacier-cut fjords, and the elusive spirit bear await in the Great Bear Rainforest, one of Canada's 50 Places ...

Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded close-up, extended videos of some rarely seen small nocturnal species in the rainforest canopies of Panama and Peru. Experts say the new technology may ...

Indigenous peoples forced from the Amazon rainforest are finally getting the legal power to return—and it’s not only about justice. Under their stewardship, the forests can thrive. In 2025, a small, ...

The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with life—and helps sustain our by producing thousands of the fruits we eat and use to make other foods. It's home to a huge number of animals, plants, insects, and ...

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

Human activity and extreme drought is causing far more damage to the Amazon rainforest than previously thought, exacerbating climate change, according to a new study. While many climate studies focus ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature Communications, suggests Earth's own tropical soils may contribute to climate ...