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How we found the northern green anaconda, a new species of the heaviest snake on Earth

By Bryan G. Fry published

The northern green anaconda has been identified as a new species after genetic analysis showed it split from its southern counterpart 10 million years ago.

Snakes
Mist hangs over the upper canopy of the dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo's Danum Valley.

Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn

By Ben Turner published

Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase.

Plants
Sloth and ocelot fight in the forest.

Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest

By Richard Pallardy published

The footage from a camera trap in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador appears to be the first time a fight between a sloth and an ocelot has been caught on film.

Animals
Aerial view showing smoke rising from an illegal fire at the Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021.

Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns

By Ben Turner published

Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.

Climate Change
Aerial view of rainforest at the Araguaia River on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and Goiàs in Brazil

Amazon River 'Breathes' Carbon Dioxide from Rain Forest

By Denise Chow last updated

River bacteria can break down plant-based carbon, exhaling it as carbon dioxide.

Rivers & Oceans
Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site. In the center, at the highest point, you see the highest point of a hill.

Lasers reveal 'lost' pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon

By Tom Metcalfe published

Settlements from a "lost" Amazonian civilization were found.

Archaeology
Aerial view showing smoke rising from an illegal fire at the Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021.

Amazon nears 'tipping point' where rainforest could transform into savanna

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The Amazon is losing "resilience," a study shows.

Climate Change
Aerial photograph of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the largest rainforest in the world.

What are the largest rainforests in the world?

By Patrick Pester published

Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.

Planet Earth
Healthy vegetation sits next to a field cleared by a fire in the Amazon in Rondonia State, Brazil

World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

By Ben Turner published

The enormous pledge encompasses over 85% of the world's forests and more than 100 nations.

Planet Earth
Lidar technology revealed long-abandoned villages that look like the rays of a sun.

Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos

By Laura Geggel published

The remnants of circular and rectangular villages dating to 1300 were discovered in the Amazon rainforest.

Archaeology
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