Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

Of all the natural splendors photographer Ike Edeani witnessed in Guyana—dinosaur-like reptiles, murderous-sounding monkeys, ...

Charles Darwin embarked on a five-year voyage to South America aboard the HMS Beagle, which was conducting hydrographic ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

Rainforests conjure images of tropical climates and abundant varieties of colorful plants and animals, like the Amazon, but there is some discussion regarding whether or not West Virginia has a ...

Rainforests conjure images of tropical climates and abundant varieties of colorful plants and animals, like the Amazon, but ...

American tourist dies after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea in Amazon rainforest - The psychoactive substance is illegal ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

Beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon, a clearing reveals the stark reality of prolonged drought. Fallen logs decay, trees ...

The largest unbroken stretch of rainforest is found in the Amazon river basin of South America. Over half of ... canopy layer harbors its own unique plant and animal species interacting with ...

Image The dry river bed of the Tapajos River in the Amazon rainforest. The drought in South America is now into its ... system depends on hydroelectric plants. Low water levels, combined with ...

New Zealand and the tip of South America. Now, researchers have discovered new fossils that reveal which plant species populated these forests and how they adapted to life near the South Pole.