Learn why the Amazon is critical for our planet and how WWF is working to protect its forests, rivers, and wildlife from growing threats.

Record-Breaking Carbon Emissions Transform the Amazon from Guardian to Threat The Amazon rainforest experienced its most ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...

The river port in the most populated city of Brazil's Amazon rainforest recorded its lowest water level in over a century on Monday amid a drought that has left boats stranded on the Amazon river and ...

Peschak is passionate about bridging the divide between people and conservation by sharing impactful stories and images. His work lives at the delicate intersection of art and science. “Instead of ...

When people talk about “the Amazon,” they generally mean the vast Amazon rainforest, not the river that gave the forest its name. (To test this, Google “the Amazon.” When I did that, the list of top ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of ...