Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in ...

Rubber tapping in the forest was once the main Amazonian economic activity, and now an Indigenous group is bringing it back.

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

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

And now, in a triumph of cross-border collaboration, an international team, armed with a rich Chinese fossil record and ...

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

A patch of degraded forest the size of a soccer field is home to the world’s longest-running experiment simulating ...

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

South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America ...

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

The preservation push in Ecuador comes as another South American country that includes part of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, is moving ahead with plans to further develop oil resources.