When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

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.

Several governmental representatives, politicians, local communities and conservation experts from different countries discussed the importance of the Amazon region and protected areas systems during ...

Afuá ranks 655th among 772 municipalities on the Amazon region's Social Progress Index, an aggregate of metrics for overall well-being. Carbon neutrality, too, is a work in progress.

More Andiroba of the Amazon Region is a large tree whose scientific name is Carapa guaianensis, and whose fruits, seeds and oil can be found in natural product stores. Getty Images.

The Amazon is in its worst state of the last 50 years.” Over ten thousand species are at high risk of extinction, researchers say, in large part due to deforestation, according to a report by ...

Catholic bishops from Amazon region meet in Rome. The Amazon synod was also notable for the theft of three Indigenous statues featuring a naked pregnant woman, that were part of a procession in ...

The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report released Dec. 2, 2022, says.

Eating cassava flour helped save the lives of four children found alive in the Amazon jungle more than a month after their plane crashed, according to a Colombian military special forces official.

With or without Amazon, the Washington region is expected to grow in coming years. According to recently updated projections by the Urban Institute, the region is forecast to gain 843,000 ...