New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

As Belém's COP30 ended in compromise, political forces moved swiftly to accelerate destruction far from the global spotlight.

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the ...

Brazil is clearing protected Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway for COP30—an event meant to fight climate change. Here’s what the project unlocks, what it destroys, and why this ...

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed on ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Deep beneath the hillsides and suburbs of Brazil, there are tunnels so vast and regular that they look like abandoned subway ...

Every region has its own voice, its own flavor, and its own way of showing life. The country mixes old traditions with new energy in a natural flow. A traveler finds calm beaches, loud festivals, and ...

An Amazonian lake reached 106°F recently, and that heat killed hundreds of river dolphins - an alarming sign of climate ...

Answer: Great white sharks, but the number of attacks is small. There have been 59 fatal great white shark attacks since — ...

Giant Amazon tree Drypetes oliveri, towering 115 feet, was discovered after 40 years, with only a few surviving in Peru.

A rare toad changed the fate of a river by becoming the first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam. It's now in trouble.