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

Despite presiding over a major cut-down of Amazon deforestation, Brazil's left-wing president has raised environmentalists' ...

What is the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? It’s a question that has fuelled debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

South America is the fourth largest continent, with around 423 million people living there. There is a hot and wet climate in the Amazon rainforest and it is full of biodiversity. The rainforest ...

Stretching along South America's east coast and extending inland towards the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse regions. It is also one of the most vulnerable.