Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest has long been a source of environmental degradation and human health risks. Now, ...

Criminal groups behind are placing the region’s vast biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, and Indigenous ways of life, under ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and ...

The ocean floor is dotted with wood fall, or chunks of wood that make it all the way to the bottom of the sea. The wood provides a welcome source of nutrients and shelter on the barren deep-sea ...