A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

Scientists working on Will Smith's new show found a record-breaking anaconda species in the Amazon rainforest. The discovery, ...

The Amazon, which is about the size of Australia ... drives climate change when released into the atmosphere. But the rainforest is also vulnerable to environmental degradation that could ...

Named the Northern Green Anaconda (Eunectes akayima), this reptilian behemoth can grow up to 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) in length ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year.

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares — about 60% of Peru’s territory, according to the nonprofit Rainforest Trust. It’s one of ...