Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Nutmeg has become a common spice around the world, especially when the temperatures drop and it gets added to all manner of ...

If you’re walking through a rainforest, you might want to keep your head up. How else would you know to duck to avoid a ...

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands. That would devastate some of ...

In 2024, the world lost almost 6.7 million hectares (16.5 million acres) of primary tropical forest, the fastest rate ever ...

A research team has successfully assembled the first high-quality, chromosome-level genome of published findings reveal how ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen ...

Tropical deforestation hit a new high in 2024, fueled by Amazon wildfires and expanding agriculture. Scientists warn the planet’s richest ecosystems are nearing a tipping point without urgent global ...

What these men had in common, according to those who knew them, is that they spoke out against drug cartels engaged in ...

Amazon Could Survive Long-Term Drought but at a High Cost May 15, 2025 — The Amazon rainforest may be able ... Europe's Forest Plants Thrive Best in Light-Rich, Semi-Open Woodlands -- Kept ...

Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed ...