Low key and affordable, Hilo has recently raised its coolness factor with a swanky new speakeasy and local chefs gaining ...

The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a new report on near-term ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical ...

Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads ...

Hawaii has wildlife refuges statewide—from Kilauea Point on Kauai to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu and Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii island. On Kauai ...

Tropical forests are a crucial part of helping our planet maintain balance, but they are adapting too slowly to keep pace with climate change.

Pellet-making is contributing to deforestation and biodiversity loss in North America, and will increasingly do so in tropical nations, including Vietnam, Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia.

New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service works to protect the akepa by protecting its habitat at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the across-the-board firing ...

An area of almost 1,900 square kilometres in Brazil’s imperilled Atlantic Forest was chopped down over the course of a single decade, primarily as a result of agricultural expansion 1.

yet the overall forest composition remains largely unchanged. Future risks: By 2100, temperatures in the region could rise by ...