A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out - When trees die from drought, they release carbon, ...

Sebastião Salgado, a renowned photojournalist who died last week, spent decades capturing an Amazon that is fast disappearing ...

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 ...

Read on to learn 15 Amazon rainforest facts that will give you a taste of what can be found in the rainforest. There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to ...

When trees are cut, or wither and die from drought ... draws some parallels with the past two years, when much of the Amazon rainforest, under the influence of El Niño and the impact of climate ...

Amazon Could Survive Long-Term Drought but at a High Cost May 15, 2025 — The Amazon rainforest may be able ... Fossil Evidence of Endangered Tropical Tree Discovered May 9, 2025 — Scientists ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future. Understanding how soil, ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.