The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as ...

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest that dates back to the 18th century. The Portuguese settlement previously appeared on some maps but its exact location ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon. Yasuni National Park is one of the most ecologically diverse ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that's a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate ...

It said it had observed more than 9,500 forest fires since Thursday, mostly in the Amazon region. However, 2019 is not the worst year in recent history. Brazil experienced much more fire activity ...

Botanical evidence shows the plant from which chocolate is made was first grown for food more than 5,000 years ago in the Amazon rainforest. Chemical residues found on ancient pottery suggest ...