As global temperatures keep rising, any drop in the Amazon’s ability to store carbon could speed up warming worldwide. In ...

The Amazon is facing a hotter, drier future, with rising drought stress threatening forests that help regulate Earth’s ...

South America is one of the easiest continents for American travelers craving adventure without bureaucracy. With vast ...

Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades.

Noctourism -- touring places at night -- is a unique way to see exciting sights you wouldn't be able to experience during the ...

Beneath a tree where a sloth sleeps, juvenile caimans lurk in the long grasses. The air is thick with the sound of an ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

After nearly 60 years in business, BTJ’s Jungle in West Islip, a staple for generations of Long Island pet owners, will close ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.

As we broadcast from the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, we are joined by one of Brazil’s most prominent scientists, Carlos Nobre, who says the Amazon now produces more carbon emissions than it ...

A sizable U.S. Navy fleet continues to sail across Caribbean waters, hunting down vessels suspected of transporting drugs. Meanwhile, U.S. Marines have been deployed to Puerto Rico, where Cold War–era ...