A 200-million-year-old cycad species that coexisted with dinosaurs and still survives has been discovered in the Amazon.

Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ancient vault may be leaking. Scientists studying Africa’s largest blackwater ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon.  To date, climate ...

New research reveals which food crops are razing the rainforest. One comes out way ahead — and it’s an American favorite.

Scientists have discovered that a small fruit from the Amazon rainforest could one day help improve cancer treatment. The ...

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, is home to the only tropical rainforest in the continental U.S.

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

Tucked into Brazil’s Amazon forest, along the Maici River where recently contacted Pirahã people live, journalists observed a dramatic uptick in forest loss. According to data from Global Forest Watch ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.

Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor. Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant ...

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 ...