Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest has long been a source of environmental degradation and human health risks. Now, ...

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.

The illegal activity of gold mining was a thriving business deep within the forest canopies and infiltrated nature, leaving ...

Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) ...

The team captured two Furipterus horrens — a type of “thumbless bat”— marking the first time the species has ever been recorded in the Ecuadorian Andes or found outside the Amazon ...

It’s even been called the “Amazon of the North ... after which the massive rainforest is named. “Venture into a realm where thousand-year-old trees stand tall, unique plants and animals inhabit the ...

For centuries, humans have told stories of divine trees or supernatural forests. Maybe this is one case where nature really did build something extraordinary. Not flashy. Not loud. Just quietly ...

Tree rings can be used to determine the release of mercury into the air due to mining activities in South and Central America. This study is crucial in determining illegal mining activity and reducing ...

Scientists studied nearly 100 trees struck by lightning in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, a lowland rainforest in Panama, between 2014 and 2019. More than half of the trees struck directly ...