Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

A new scientific study has provided compelling evidence supporting a long-held belief among Indigenous communities: the destruction of the Amazon rainforest directly impacts human health. Published in ...

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a Times reporter found some encouraging signs on the ground in the Brazilian Amazon. By David Gelles Earlier this month, ...