Like ferns and the tides, community conservation groups come and go. Many achieve their goal. Volunteers restore a local ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Riverside forests help trees migrate between Amazon and Atlantic forests, shaping biodiversity over millions of years.

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...

Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil's Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021.

Chimpanzees are considered endangered because of habitat destruction, poaching ... effects on different chimpanzee populations. "While rainforest degradation is perhaps a danger mostly for ...