The Amazon rainforest rarely burned before humans arrived. A 10,000-year record reveals how human-set fires transformed the ...

Previous strong El Niños have tested the Amazon’s limits, causing lasting damage on top of the destruction wrought by deforestation and climate change. El Niño-related droughts fueled rampant ...

When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species that can withstand poor soil conditions and blazing sun and grow rapidly, a Brazilian study ...

(ECNS) -- Four members of China's 21st medical team to Guyana spent nearly 17 hours in the Amazon rainforest on Thursday searching for Capadulla, a plant used in local traditional medicine, as part of ...