The Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, is under mounting pressure. The Congo’s vast green ...

Biologists have discovered an adorable 'pumpkin' toadlet in a Brazilian tropical rainforest, previously unknown to science.

New research shows that crops are far more vulnerable when too much rainfall originates from land rather than the ocean. Land ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...

Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...

A newly discovered metallic beetle thrives in the freezing cold of the Andes, showing how life adapts to extreme environments ...

Trail cameras reveal moths feeding on moose tears, marking the first record on moose worldwide and only the second outside the tropics.

A new analysis shows that most smallholder farms are not facing pollinator crises, unlike many industrial farms. The results ...

We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in ...

The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Scott’s total philanthropy has now surpassed $26 billion. Few people across the ...

A UC Berkeley-led analysis of tree mortality after two recent Amazonian droughts shows that “hot drought” conditions, which are becoming more frequent, are leading to tree dieoffs and reducing the ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...