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 ...

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

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South ...

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

Can you imagine a centipede that measures more than a foot long and hunts reptiles? Discover the 10 biggest centipedes in the ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.

NEW DELHI – Fossils unearthed during the construction ... with a fearsome pair of curved claws. The newly identified species, Duonychus tsogtbaatari, belonged to the therizinosaurs—an unusual ...

We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of ...

The peatlands in the United Kingdom cover over 12% of the country. They are so essential that they have been called the ...

The world’s largest snake has recently been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. This new species of northern green anaconda ...

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from ...