These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant idea was that ...

Red footed tortoises are native to rainforests in South America and are a species listed as vulnerable, meaning they face a ...

In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are in a tug-of-war to produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, it could tip the scale in favor of the methane ...

Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are fighting ...

Habitat, nutrition, genetics and extreme events can threaten species' recovery In the heart of the lush Hainan Tropical ...

Nestled between two UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest, the Cairns Convention ...

From fabulous food to unlimited water activities, everything is included—even a personal butler. Here, our review of Sandals ...