The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

Before the late ‘80s, most people didn’t really think about the rainforest; the concept of such a place hadn’t yet entered into the public consciousness. When people thought about dense, tropical ...

Rainforests are among the most critical ecosystems on Earth. Home to roughly half of all terrestrial species, they provide oxygen and habitat, and help regulate regional rain and weather patterns. In ...

June 22 marks World Rainforest Day, launched in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership to highlight the critical role of tropical forests. These ecosystems stabilize the climate, regulate rainfall, store vast ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

Imagine Earth’s lungs being cut into small pieces like a Black Friday deal. That’s what’s happening to our planet’s ecological safety nets today. Every day, we lose 80,000 acres of rainforest, an area ...

In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through the treetops, rhinos roam free, and elephants share the land with tigers. It is the last place on Earth where they still coexist in the ...

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Bulldozed tracks and informal byways in tropical forests and palm-oil plantations ‘almost always’ an indicator of future deforestation, say researchers A vast network of undocumented “ghost roads” is ...