Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have been set on purpose ...

El Niño is fueling a dangerous cascade of wildfires across the tropics, with the Amazon rainforest now experiencing ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to the lowest level on record. Data released today by Brazil’s national ...

This video shows a close-up view of a harpy eagle, a powerful bird of prey found in the tropical rainforests of Central and ...

Unlike a tornado or thunderstorm that can deliver destruction in minutes, El Niño exerts its influence over many months. This ...

NASA satellite imagery reveals massive Amazon rainforest fires as El Niño-driven drought fuels dangerous conditions across Brazil.

The Amazon holds at least a third of the world’s remaining tropical forests. Some sources put it at more like half. Its rains ...

A dangerous El Niño-driven wildfire cascade has reached the Amazon, and NASA scientists warn that the worst may still be ahead as hidden fires spread beneath the rainforest canopy.

A new wave of wildfires have struck in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, with more than 1,900 fire hotspots reported so far in ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest declined to the lowest ‌level on record in the 12 months through July, according ...

Brazil controls about 60% of the Amazon, and roughly 17% of the forest has already been cleared. Under Jair Bolsonaro, ...

Concern for the future of the Brazilian Amazon is conspicuously absent from the frenzy of Brazil’s election campaign. But for ...