An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed ...

Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed a case of Theileriosis, caused by Theileria orientalis ...

Discover the importance of rainforests, Earth's life-support system, and how you can help protect them for a sustainable ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

Mongabay published a five-part series delving into Brazil’s ongoing operation to evict illegal gold miners from Munduruku ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforest on Earth. The majority of the rainforest is in ...

More than a third of Colombia’s land mass is covered by the Amazon Rainforest and scientists have taken an interest in protecting its biodiversity. That’s particularly evident at a ...

If tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate ...

AN OIL TANKER SAT DOCKED at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond this week — a visible link between California’s appetite for Amazon crude and the ...