The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is a sprawling ... Furthermore, the Amazon’s seasonal flooding, or “flood pulse,” transforms the landscape dramatically, expanding ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River.

Weak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil and gas ...

USAID has been critical in providing humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon and ...

They fear Donald Trump's second administration will bring nothing good for the Amazon rainforest. Besides Trump's Day 1 move to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, they fear he'll cut U.S.

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Image via Neil Palmer/CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons ...

The Brazilian state of Pará has recognized over 1.3 million acres of some of the tallest and most valuable trees in the Amazon rainforest ... put the world's natural flood control systems at ...

Amazon's Advocates Fear Trump's Return Means Little US Help to Protect Rainforest BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far ...

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 ...

They fear Donald Trump’s second administration will bring nothing good for the Amazon rainforest. Besides Trump’s Day 1 move to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, they fear he’ll cut ...