Three South American studies find that severe deforestation in one region can impact faraway forests and continent-wide climate, while intact forests offer more resilience.

The world’s largest forests can help solve some of the biggest problems facing humanity, but only if we move to safeguard them, argue two experts in a New York Times op-ed published ahead of ...

There has been an 80% increase in fires in the Amazon this year. But it's not the only big forest people consider to be part of the lungs of the planet.

The Amazon rainforest lost an estimated 5 million acres in 2020, an area roughly the size of Israel, according to a recent report on the region. Experts warn that unchecked deforestation in the ...

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

Intact tropical forests removed 17 percent of human-made carbon dioxide emissions in the 1990s but that fell to 6 percent in the 2010s.

A recent study analyzed the behavior of birds that feed on insects in parts of the Amazon that have not yet been altered by human activity. Of the 29 species studied, 24 have gone through a ...

There is a doomsday scenario for the burning Amazon -- the irreversible point at which the tropical land can no longer sustain itself as a flourishing, vital rainforest. What's less certain is ...

Amazon Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears? Scientists are worried about a crucial tipping point: The time when the Amazon ceases to be a carbon sink.

Land-grabbers in Brazil are slashing and burning the Amazon rainforest. If too many trees are removed, Earth's climate could lose a critical buffer.