Tapirs may not be as well-known as elephants or big cats, but they are just as important to their ecosystems. As gentle giants of the rainforest, they contribute significantly to biodiversity and ...

These beautiful rainforest animals are found in the rainforests of Northern India, Malaysia, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Native to the rain forests of Central and South America, the South American ...

Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that ...

At the ‘Biodiversity Olympics,’ scientists work to democratize rainforest tech ...

The world’s largest water lily with giant floating leaves and fragrant white flowers, blooming only at night. An intricate flower with purple, white, and blue hues, it’s both a pollinator ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions ...

The Amazon rainforest and the Amazon region are ecosystems that react to changing patterns of precipitation. Credit: Thomas Akabane, University of São Paulo Adaptivity is threatened by global warming ...

In 2023 there were 98,639 wildfires in the Amazon alone. The Amazon rainforest, too, accounts for a significant portion (51.94%) of wildfires in the Brazilian biomes. In recent years, this area ...

Findings, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Remote Sensing, report a 93% success rate when training the model via a dataset of images of Amazon rainforest with, and without ...