A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

They play a crucial role in dispersing seeds through the rainforest, helping new plants grow. Seeing a giant river turtle up close feels like meeting a living fossil—a direct link to the Amazon’s ...

The Amazon rainforest is as pristine a place as most people can imagine, but even there, the effects of a changing climate are playing out. Now, research suggests that many of the region’s most ...

Caxiuana National Forest (Brazil), May 29 (AP) A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in ...

As a winning finalist of the XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, ETH BiodivX collected biodiversity data from 100 ha of rainforest in the Amazon, in 24 hours. A suite of complementary data types were ...

Understanding how drought can affect the Amazon, an area twice the size of India that crosses into several South American nations, has implications far beyond the region. The rainforest stores a ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon ... s largest rainforest. EPA moves to repeal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants Aid ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

The rainforest stores a massive amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is the main driver of climate change. According to one study, the Amazon stores ... is in the plants, which helps ...