Lesly, Soleiny, Tien and Cristin lived in the Amazon rainforest for over a month after their plane crashed Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Indigenous territories in Ecuador’s Amazon maintain forest conditions as well as formal protected areas, while ...

Indigenous territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon can maintain forest conditions as effectively as formally protected areas, ...

By Fernanda Wenzel A few tree species are key to restoring biodiversity and carbon storage in deforested areas of the ...

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth. It covers just 1% of the planet ...

A 2026 study of 135 Amazon bird species found satellite data predicted bird occurrence better than traditional habitat ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon ...

At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil—in places white and ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

Large parts of the Amazon’s iconic rainforest are nearing an irreversible “tipping point” and collapse in less than 30 years due to deforestation and climate change, scientists warn in a new paper ...

Research conducted during an extended drought in Brazil's Caxiuana National Forest indicated initial resilience among trees.

Brazil forest concessions can now trade carbon credits. How stacking forest carbon credits on timber revenue changes the ...