The Amazon Rainforest has earned the title "The Lungs of the Earth" for a vital reason: it produces a staggering 20% of the world's oxygen. This expansive forest stretches across several South ...

Jaguars are majestic animals that have captivated people for centuries. But these big cats are facing huge challenges in a ...

Brazilian officials said the highway is sustainable with wildlife crossings for animals to use and solar lighting.

Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...

Ever wondered, “Does the Amazon River Flow Backward?” Explore the geological history and ancient shifts that led Earth’s ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...

The Amazon rainforest and the Amazon region are ecosystems that react to changing patterns of precipitation. Credit: Thomas Akabane, University of São Paulo Adaptivity is threatened by global warming ...

In 2023 there were 98,639 wildfires in the Amazon alone. The Amazon rainforest, too, accounts for a significant portion (51.94%) of wildfires in the Brazilian biomes. In recent years, this area ...

Findings, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Remote Sensing, report a 93% success rate when training the model via a dataset of images of Amazon rainforest with, and without ...