The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique ...

Led by COP30 host Brazil, 12 countries are finalising a fund that aims to raise US$125 billion for tropical forest ...

Imagine a forest so vast and wild that its boundaries stretch farther than the eye can see, where ancient trees tower like ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

There, more and more evidence has been found of sophisticated behaviours and advanced cognition in ancient rainforest contexts ... living in Africa’s wet tropical forest 150,000 years ago.

Analysis - Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant ...