The Amazon rainforest is a global hot spot of life and biodiversity. Spanning eight countries – Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – this ...

For centuries, the Amazon rainforest was thought to be a vast ... For decades, the dense jungle concealed these ancient ruins from view. Lidar technology, which maps the ground beneath the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest. The city, which dates back to the 18th century, was a Portuguese settlement that appeared on some maps with its exact ...