As deforestation increases in the Amazon, it will decrease precipitation in California and create drier conditions in ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total ...

Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...

Have Been the Hottest on Record In recent history, the earth has been experiencing unprecedented heat levels. It hasn't just ...

The world’s largest water lily with giant floating leaves and fragrant white flowers, blooming only at night. An intricate flower with purple, white, and blue hues, it’s both a pollinator ...

His single-propeller Cessna plane was loaded with more than 100 pounds of gold that had been extracted from deep inside the Amazon ... had been pulled out of the rainforest illegally.