Lesly, Soleiny, Tien and Cristin lived in the Amazon rainforest for over a month after their plane crashed Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

By Fernanda Wenzel A few tree species are key to restoring biodiversity and carbon storage in deforested areas of the ...

Satellite data reveal that much of the Amazon's regrowing forest is young, fragmented, and vulnerable, despite strong connections to intact forest.

Scientists created an artificial drought in the Amazon rainforest for over two decades. Initially resilient, the forest lost ...

Indigenous territories in Ecuador’s Amazon maintain forest conditions as well as formal protected areas, while ...

A 2026 study of 135 Amazon bird species found satellite data predicted bird occurrence better than traditional habitat ...

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth. It covers just 1% of the planet ...

At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil—in places white and ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon ...

Large parts of the Amazon’s iconic rainforest are nearing an irreversible “tipping point” and collapse in less than 30 years due to deforestation and climate change, scientists warn in a new paper ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...