The sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest come alive in this soothing and relaxing video that makes you feel you are in the heart of the world’s most biodiverse rainforest. The team at the Amazon ...

Where on Earth is more wondrous and invigorating than the rainforest? Many of us who live in countries like the United States may only dream of visiting these natural wonderlands. In the meantime, to ...

Watching the first few minutes of “The Territory,” a new documentary set in the Amazon rainforest, is like listening to a symphony of deforestation. The film opens with the sound of an engine revving, ...

An unprecedented study is analyzing biodiversity by listening to nearly 16,000 minutes of recordings made in Carajás National Forest, a protected region in the Brazilian Amazon. Some 230 bird species ...

It’s late at night and I’m lying absolutely still. The hot air is so humid that sweat stings my eyes. All is dark. Cocooned behind insect netting in a cabin, I’m immersed in the forest’s sounds. The ...

On a rapidly changing planet, there are many ways to measure the health of an ecosystem. Can sound be one of them? In today's episode, NPR Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong dives into a new methodology ...

These follow-up notes are designed to help educators and families extend the conversations, questions and curiosities sparked ...