Deforestation

It is losing its ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfire and human development, researchers say

Studies of bird feeding in the U.K. raise concerns about the ecological impacts of provisioning our feathered friends

Mitigation strategies typically do not include forests, but my team’s research suggests they should

Trees die as a result of severe damage, but some have overcome storms, droughts, fires, and more to survive for thousands of years

An assessment of chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos reveals that our economic “footprint” is the primary driver of great apes’ fate

It’s time to act rapidly and decisively

Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in

Animal-based foods produce about twice the emissions of plant-based ones, a new comprehensive study finds

A pilot program reveals that deforestation declined when Peruvian Indigenous communities use an early-alert-system app to detect forest loss

A new estimate of Earth's total tree population shows previous estimates were seven times too low, and there are implications for efforts to understand the nature of life here and elsewhere in the universe

Ten years ago the forests of Ivory Coast were full of the hoots and howls of more than a dozen primate species. No more. Today the west African nation is much quieter.

The beautiful bird known as the swift parrot may be on the fast track to extinction. Species name: Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) Description: A small bird, just 25 centimeters long, with bright features and a particularly showy attitude.