CHICAGO (CBS) -- A team of scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History has just returned from one of the remotest places on earth. The scientists spent weeks exploring the far reaches of the ...

The murder rate in Brazil's Amazon is far higher than the national average, largely because of territorial conflict in a region prey to organized crime, an NGO said Wednesday.

As the ice caps disappear, these creeks and rivers become more irregular, leading to longer and more intense droughts in the ...

We are now in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, caused by our emergence as a planet-shaping force. Species are going ...

Tens of thousands of fires swept through the Brazilian Amazon during the forest fire season, with the blazes destroying an ...

Tens of thousands of fires swept through the Brazilian Amazon during the recently concluded forest fire season, with the ...

Old 8-Mile Canvas Filled With ‘Spectacular’ Ice Age Drawings Discovered in Amazon Rainforest Researchers were completely ...

Plant emit an estimated 500 million tons of isoprene annually, and the Amazon rainforest is the source of 25 percent of these emissions.

The European Union has agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to ...

And yet, despite the government’s actions, environmental protections and Indigenous rights are still under threat. Lula is ...

One of the priority areas is along the BR-319 highway, where experts warn deforestation may increase fourfold under another ...

Rainforest Caribbean has yet again raised the bar with the launch of a line of Frozen Fruit Bars to the Jamaican market. The innovative company is continuing its drive to expand its product ...