Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of land without putting their paws on the ground. The Brazilian Amazon ...

According to research published in the journal Ambio, plastic fragments have been found in wildlife and water across all nine Amazonian countries. As Mongabay observed, microplastics are appearing ...

The world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest, has long been thought of as a refuge from human-made pollution. But recent research is shattering that idea. Microplastics, tiny plastic ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in ...

A luxury expedition through the Amazon reveals vast rainforest, rare wildlife, and remote river communities. Each season ...