Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling ...

Imagine wandering through the lush, tangled forests of Southeast Asia, sunlight flickering through a sea of emerald ...

In the late 1970s, Ghana, Accra, and Cape Coast — not long removed from colonial rule — felt as distant from the rest of the ...

The new Rainforest Adventure exhibit is an interactive experience part of the Engelstad Foundation Traveling Exhibition Series. Ashley Glenn, marketing manager for the Las Vegas Natural History Museum ...

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

The Americas filmmakers and scientists used cutting edge technology and research to film never-before-seen animal behaviors.

Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, the only lodge situated within a national park accessible solely by boat, earns its prime real ...

Stony Brook University’s Dr. Patricia Wright was introduced to an amazing parcel of land in southeastern Madagascar.

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

Did you find it?” a researcher asked Pablo Sinovas, who believed he rediscovered the creature during a two-day jungle trek. “I have looked for it for 20 years.” ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...