The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

For roughly about 65 million years, the forests of the Amazonian were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is ...

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than ...

IN the modern age, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anywhere on Earth that we haven’t fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet ...

I finally made it happen a few months back, planning a trip with Expedição Katerre, traveling to the Brazilian Amazon to ...

Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will offer extended spring break hours later this month, along with new exhibits, interactive ...

As a physician who has cared for many patients with this deadly disease in Africa, I marveled at how this one tree has saved ...

In tonight's incredible fourth episode, "The Amazon," we traveled to the Amazon rainforest, a hotbed of biological diversity and one of the most iconic, not to mention most beautiful, landscapes on ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

Impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists ... to fear a tipping point was the importance of the vegetation for making rain: Plants transport water from the ...