Researchers have found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across the world's tropical forests. The study of over one million trees across 1,568 locations found that just 2.2% of tree species ...

As the world is gathering in Brazil at the world’s biggest climate summit, the trees in the Amazon are telling a story themselves. The trees are getting bigger, almost as if they’re on steroids. And, ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...

Trees in the Amazon forest have gotten bigger over recent years, according to scientists. A new study suggests that, on average, trees are increasing in size by more than 3% every ten years.

At least 441 new species of animals and plants have been discovered over the past four years in the vast, underexplored rainforest of the Amazon. At least 441 new species of animals and plants have ...

A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of chainsaws and scorched earth. In recent years, vast swathes of the rainforest have been razed for cattle pastures, ...

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 ...