The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

Fifteen of the 20 countries with the largest area of primary forests that signed the 2021 forest pledge are now losing trees ...

Global loss of tropical and boreal forests surged to a record high last year as unprecedented temperatures fueled fires, ...

By strengthening carbon sinks we can slow down global warming but what are carbon sinks and where can they be found?

Studying fractal patterns in ecotones – the boundaries between different types of vegetation – could show us how plants are ...

Explore modern ecosystems that closely resemble the habitats where dinosaurs once thrived. Find out where they could live ...

By Mongabay.com The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” ...

the planet’s second-largest tropical rainforest and largest tropical peatland. The Congo Basin harbors an extraordinary diversity of life, including thousands of plant species, hundreds of bird ...

The results are staggering: in forests, where 50 years ago ... the world’s total), the Belgians expect the Congo to become “the processing plant for all Africa.” The Congo boom makes its ...

Gama embodies the resilience and adaptability of nature’s most elusive predators.” The new book will feature 20 stunning wildlife images (seen here on Popular Science) selected from 4,500 entries ...

Discover the history and impact of rubber cultivation in "Rubber: The Social and Natural History" by Vidya Rajan. Available ...

At Stanford’s Environmental Justice Film Festival, Congolese filmmaker Ndaliko Katondolo shares the voices of the people ...