In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now.

There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements, 'debt for nature' swaps and selective ...

For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforest’s soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food. Thousands of years ago, the region’s Indigenous ...