The rainforests of the Amazon contain dozens of useful plants that are used in everything from medicine to food, and industrial products like rubber. Some of these plants are listed below.

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Ecuador’s Amazon trees face extinction risks as seed-dispersing animals vanish. 14% are critically endangered, and 47% may go ...

Amazon is anchor investor in a $500 million investment into X-energy, a private developer of small nuclear plants that's worth $1 billion. This investment is just part of nearly $1 billion in ...

But all the newly discovered animals and plants were found in areas at risk ... is the third in a series and covers the years 2014 and 2015. The Amazon rainforest, the largest in the world ...