Amazon Rain Forest

Amazon Rain Forest

A drone view shows the town of Buriticupu, a small Amazonian town that was declared in a state of public calamity due to sinkholes that threaten the community, in Buriticupu, state of Maranhao, Brazil February 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mauricio Marinho

Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

Some 1,200 people of the total 55,000 population are at risk of having their homes tip into the widening abyss

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kell/File Photo

Amazon neighbors race to save world's biggest rainforest

The most dangerous animals in the Amazon

The most dangerous animals in the Amazon

An aerial view shows a deforested area in the Amazon rainforest, near the city of Altamira, Para state, Brazil, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Brazil bans fires, redeploys military to protect Amazon rainforest