The rainforest has many layers There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in ...

The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report released Dec. 2, 2022, says.

05-30-2025 IMPACT If the Amazon rainforest dried out, here’s what would happen A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

The tree-loss figures are based on a new report by Global Forest Watch, a collaboration between the World Resources Institute, a non-profit in Washington, and researchers based at the University ...

Understanding how drought can affect the Amazon, an area twice the size of India that crosses into several South American nations, has implications far beyond the region. The rainforest stores a ...

Rosolie detailed the ambitious project, saying, “We just spent the last two months building the tallest tree house in the world.” The structure soars approximately 110 feet above the ground ...

Tree loss was down 20 percent from the previous year, the environment minister announced. By Manuela Andreoni Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell ...

When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense ...

It turns out ranching doesn’t have to destroy the Amazon rainforest Development has long been in tension with preservation in the Amazon, but they aren’t mutually exclusive.