The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

The soaring price of gold is fueling a mercury boom in central Mexico

Pope Leo XIV has honored hundreds of Christians who have been killed for their faith in the 21st century

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them

Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed some huge changes.

Brazilian-British chef Ixta Belfrage talks to Lauren Taylor about Amazonian river fish, feijoada and why her new cookbook, ‘Fusão’, celebrates the country’s rich culinary melting pot

Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve

With two months to go, the "COP30 Hotel," spruced up and renamed after the UN climate conference due to take place in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, has zero bookings.

The collapse of a major system of ocean currents, the meltdown of major ice sheets or the dieback of the Amazon rainforest are all examples of negative climate tipping points. These are the big risks associated with a changing climate, where harmful change becomes self-propelling. Each could cause environmental disasters…

In Belém, motels known for sex chairs and mirrored ceilings are stripping risqué features for climate negotiators

Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape

The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet’s longest rivers. Besides the Amazon River, the Amazon rainforest also features “flying rivers:” invisible streams of vapour that travel through the atmosphere, fuelling rainfall both within the forest and far beyond its boundaries.