A study published in Nature used LiDAR technology, a system that sends laser pulses from the air to create detailed maps of ...

Martti Pärssinen, lead author of the study, said the discovery changes scientists’ understanding of the “supposedly pristine ...

Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.

Three 2026 studies reveal that the Amazon can regrow quickly, but deforestation and warming could trigger a system-wide ...

Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño ...

The southwest of the Amazon rain forest has long been regarded as a pristine wilderness, undisturbed by large scale human ...

New laser scanning finds massive geometric earthworks, suggesting populous pre-colonial society that ‘resembled ancient ...

Laser scans uncover hundreds of ancient earthworks beneath rainforest, reshaping understanding of Amazon's past.

I am a Waorani Indigenous woman from the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. For centuries, my home, my culture, my language, and my people have been threatened – by colonisers, corporations – and now by ...

Authorities from five Amazon countries arrested hundreds in a major crackdown on environmental crime ...

Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios ...

Long before European contact, a sprawling, multicultural civilization flourished across the southwestern Amazon. It built massive ceremonial centers and transformed the rainforest. Scientists are only ...