A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, making it the second-longest river in the world. Amazon River cruises ...

Scientists studying Peru’s Boiling River found 11% fewer tree species for every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in temperature, offering insights into how climate change might affect the Amazon Rainforest. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explore the Amazon’s 4,000-mile journey, which crosses into nine different nations You can only really do the Amazon from the ...

By Suzana Camargo The Amazon region always invites superlatives: the world’s largest tropical forest, the planet’s largest ...

A flash of pink in the murky waters of the Amazon can seem almost unreal. Among tangled roots, flooded forests and ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest. By Manuela Andreoni and Max Bearak ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tropical forests actively generate rainfall by releasing moisture into the atmosphere, with each square meter producing hundreds of liters of rain ...

Biodiversity as a cornerstone for agricultural intensification -- The ebb and flow of cultures -- A forest cornucopia -- The emergence and impact of livestock raising -- Islands in the sun -- A ...

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