Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July - a rise of 28% on the same period last year.

UK consumers may unwittingly be buying meat linked to the destruction of the Amazon, experts say.

This early peak indicates a potentially devastating dry season ahead - perhaps even worse than 2019.

Mining strips nitrogen from the soil and means the forest struggles to grow back even after mines are abandoned. 

Scientists discover hundreds of different fungi in Amazonian soil, thought to play a vital role in nature.

A repeat of 2019's disastrous fire season is possible in 2020, and it would have dire consequences.

Small-scale gold mining operations in developing countries are major sources of toxic mercury pollution, using techniques that haven't changed much since the California Gold Rush 150 years ago.

Surely, it can't be fun to watch others play games you can play yourself? The hundreds of hour people spend on live-streaming platform Twitch would suggest otherwise.

Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.