The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

It's eleven hundred tributaries drain the greatest river basin on the planet,(an area of more than two million square miles), and along its incredible journey it collects and transports one fifth of ...

More information: Pablo Sanchez-Martinez et al, Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02702-x Journal information ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new species of poison dart frog, Ranitomeya aetherea, has been identified in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon. Characterized by sky-blue lines, copper ...

An area of the Amazon was subjected to drought conditions for the research (Paulo Bittencourt/PA) The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the power of mighty rivers combines with the pull of the moon’s gravity to form waves that run for dozens of miles. Record-breaking Brazilian surfer Sergio Laus ...

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have been blazing for months, and it could take months more still to put them out. Although fires ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to absorb ...