THE Amazon rainforest — known as the "lungs of the planet" — is the world’s largest tropical rainforest ... A thick canopy of trees sits above the forest floor, ... 40,000 plant species ...

The Amazon is home to more than 30,000 species of plants; 2.5 million species of insects; 2,500 fish; more than 1,500 bird species; 550 reptiles; and 500 mammals, according to the Wildlife ...

Scientists have for the first time a clear baseline figure for the number of plant species that grow in the vast lowland rainforests of the Amazon. By painstakingly cross-checking data from botanical ...

This means that plants and animals must adapt in order to survive in the rainforest. And throughout the eons, myriad plants and animals, including some features in this article, have done just that.

The Amazon rainforest is on fire. It’s been burning for several weeks and the flames are so bad that NASA can see them from space. One search engine company says it can help. Ecosia.org is a ...

How Amazon forest loss may affect water—and climate—far away. A surge in deforestation under Brazil's president could "tip" the Amazon, affecting weather and water supplies—in Brazil and beyond.

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out ... diverting around 50 per cent of the rainfall from the forest floor. ... The fourt focused on plant physiology.

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...