Pucha and his family have spent years recreating their own piece of jungle with rescued species on a 32-hectare farm called ...

China and Bolivia claim the world's highest commercial airports with others found in neighboring regions.

ALTO ILA, Ecuador — On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle , Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he ...

The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has authorised state-controlled oil company Petrobras to resume drilling the Morpho exploration well in the environmentally sensitive Foz do Amazonas ...

Seeing illegal gold mines despoil remote Ecuadorian forests helped me to understand what happened to Pittsburgh — and to appreciate what we still have.

Rainforests are dense, biodiverse ecosystems found mainly in tropical regions near the equator. They play a crucial role in regulating climate, storing carbon, and supporting millions of species.

Slowing deforestation in Brazil and pledges to ban oil drilling in Colombia offer slivers of hope for the Amazon.

Environmental and Indigenous groups accuse Cargill, the American grain-trading company, and other agribusiness giants of ...

As the world continues to witness an increasing level of concern over climate change, carbon emissions, and the destruction ...

A researcher’s quest to preserve tracts of the Amazon basin leads him into wild adventure.

Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

What we eat and how we grow our food matters, not just for our own health but also that of our planet, a global report finds. World-renowned nutritionist Jessica Fanzo explains the implications as she ...