The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat. Its canopy of leaves, almost 50 meters high, ...

S tretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and ...

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. Leticia Yawanawa has an ambitious plan ...

"To effectively protect nature, you first need to know what's there." Researchers stunned by rare discovery deep in the Amazon rainforest: 'I almost couldn't believe it' first appeared on The Cool ...

6) How quickly does the Amazon rainforest regenerate after a fire ... Oxygen is released by plants during the process of photosynthesis, where carbon dioxide and water are converted into ...

The Amazon region holds the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is home to plant and animal species that are still being discovered by scientists. Most of its millions of square ...

Microsoft commits to restoring Brazil's forests for carbon credits. Deal worth ~$200 million. Big tech invests in nuclear ...

It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than 16,000 plant species. Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing legacy. In the fight against pollution ...

This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on Earth. Oh, it's really raining and very warm! Plants grow well here because it's so hot and wet. This tree has its own microhabitat.

A bonfire crackles in the center of an Indigenous open-air pavilion atop a hill in the Putumayo jungle, adding warmth to the ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that's a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate ...