Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

The COP30 climate summit will draw representatives from 198 countries to Belém, a city of 1.3 million in the Amazon rainforest.

Imagine walking through the dense, humming heart of the Amazon rainforest. The air is thick, the ground alive with insects, ...

The cattle farmers seek out new pastures, pushing the agricultural frontier ever deeper into the rainforest. “The Amazon offers far more land than anywhere else. There are over 50 million ...

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have been blazing for months, and it could take months more still to put them out. Although fires ...

A controversial amendment to Peru's forestry law is sparking outrage, as it eliminates the need for state authorization before converting forest land, potentially accelerating Amazon deforestation.

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares—about 60 percent of Peru’s territory, according to nonprofit Rainforest Trust. It’s one ...

A recent amendment to Peru's Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ...