It’s the world’s largest rainforest, containing the world’s largest river, home to giant snakes, pink river dolphins, and ...

The Amazon rainforest lost an estimated 5 million acres ... Fire has engulfed an area two-thirds the size of the continental U.S., and containing the flames is proving to be a herculean task ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

Rainforests cover nearly 6% of the Earth's land surface. The Amazon rainforest is around 4 million square miles in size, crossing eight countries and is roughly 28 times bigger than the UK.

Adaptivity is threatened by global warming and deforestation. The Earth's climate system is highly complex, with its key ...