A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon rainforest.

This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...

Brazil faces record wildfires and drought — and it may only get worse - Amazon fires have burned millions of acres, sending ...

Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems ...

This has been a difficult year for the Pantanal, a region that encompasses the world's largest tropical wetland area.

Authorities in Peru declared a state of emergency in 3 regions on Wednesday after wildfires left at least 15 dead since July and more than 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) scorched.

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in ...

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

Environmental changes in recent decades, along with shifts in land use, have significantly altered fire regimes ... research ...