An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

The Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic, diverse wildlife, from energetic monkeys to colorful macaws to predatory jaguars.

Many are taking advantage of a loophole in the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a voluntary agreement signed by the world's top grain ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

World Rainforest Day, Celebrated on 22 June encourages the protection of nature and offers a great chance to explore the ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

The urgent message was delivered to Brazilian officials during annual U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, and includes new ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in ...

By paying a premium for wild rubber, Veja hopes to incentivise producers to keep the forest standing. But money alone doesn’t ...

In the thick green depths of the Amazon, long thought to be untouched wilderness, a stunning discovery has emerged. For ...