Environment

SILVANIA, Colombia — On a warm but overcast afternoon, hundreds of Indigenous representatives and spiritual leaders gathered to witness a remarkable convergence of native...

In 2022, the world agreed at a U.N. biodiversity summit to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. While protected areas already...

As 2025 dawns, here is a look at some of the storylines that could shape the fate of tropical forests this year. More reading:...

Watching wild animals can be exhilarating, educational and a richly rewarding experience. But spotting wildlife and keeping them in sight is often challenging. So...

The modern history of internal migration in Colombia began in a manner that was not unlike the processes organized by the governments in Brazil...

KATHMANDU — Nepal has too many tigers and too much forest, according to the country’s leader. The offhand remarks by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma...

When David Borbón first arrived in the village of El Delgadito in 1980, it was a paradise with seemingly unlimited natural resources. He continued...

DHAKA — Scientists have published the first record of the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat in Bangladesh, dropping another pin on this wide-ranging species’ distribution...

As the first light pierced through storm clouds, swollen rivers spilled over their banks, sweeping through villages across the Sahel. In countries ranging from...

Martin Cheek first entered the Boyboyba Forest in southeastern Guinea in September 2022 to look for an extremely rare plant whose entire population is...

LAC TÉLÉ COMMUNITY RESERVE , Republic of Congo — Standing on a riverbank in Lac Télé Community Reserve in March, naturalist Joseph Oyange watched...

In 2020, a group of botanists and members of the Indigenous Banao community were macheting their way through a rainforest in the Philippines in...