A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them that have been led near extinction.

In the forestry sector, the report highlights that South Sudan has extensive forest cover of around 30 percent of the national land area, and they have exceptionally high ecosystem integrity and may ...

Report is the first to comprehensively assess the global conservation status of peatlands, which store more carbon than all ...

Poaching and habitat fragmentation are significant threats to their survival. A unique species of pangolin, the Tree Pangolin is native to the Congo Basin. Known for their armored scales, these insect ...

The Indonesian government is targeting protected forest areas as part of its plan to convert 20 million hectares (50 million ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University said chimps know when humans are struggling with puzzles and tell them the answers. The team from the university's Social and Cognitive Origins Group claimed ...

Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933's King Kong, audiences have gone ape ... Read More ...