When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising ...

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 ...

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and ...

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...

Climate change and degradation are making fires a leading cause in global forest loss, both in the tropics as well as in ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

China's success in panda conservation reflects a deeper commitment to preserving natural heritage as part of its broader ...