Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...

Researchers have identified an unknown family of microbes uniquely adapted to the waterlogged, low-oxygen conditions of tropical peatlands in Peru's northwestern Amazonian rainforest. The new research ...

Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of Earth's climate, according ...

Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the ...

During their incredible journey across the Amazon, Will Smith’s team was thrilled to find this enormous Northern Green Anaconda, which measures around seven meters long and weighs more than 200 kilos!

Nature has been the cornerstone of human survival since the dawn of civilization. It provides us with the essentials of life — air, water, food, and shelter — while also offering aesthetic, cultural, ...

The Brazilian diplomat who will chair the next UN climate summit on Thursday praised China as an example in the fight against ...

Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the ...

“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contrasted with deforestation that hit a 15-year high under Lula's predecessor, far ...

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they ...

Mongabay celebrated its 25th anniversary by delivering a year of transformative achievements that underscore our unique role ...

The actor, 48, who became admired after his role as Sherlock Holmes, said that he doesn't consider himself to be a 'typical ...