Giant kangaroos stayed local, and rapid climate change gradually destroyed their lush rainforest home, leading to extinction.

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

The Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens-produced doc 'We Are Guardians,' about efforts to save the Brazilian Rainforest, has ...

The Amazon rainforest, often called the “lungs of the Earth,” extends across nine South American countries and covers ...

The researchers discovered something curious about the tiny, shiny frogs’ behavior, too: they appear to be monogamous. The ...

In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling ...

Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study ...

An intrepid man in far north Queensland has taken sustainable living into his own hands. From his rural outpost, Kenn's ...

The species was discovered in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and is named after the Latin word meaning “small clown,” ...

The effect is that about 10,000 acres of rainforest are being destroyed daily, which is ultimately impacting weather patterns ...

Scientists say Earth is on the brink of crossing critical climate tipping points, from melting ice sheets to dying ...

Soy production in the Amazon tends to follow an established pattern: First ... pushing the agricultural frontier ever deeper into the rainforest. “The Amazon offers far more land than anywhere ...