"Unprecedented." Researchers discover 'unsung heroes' protecting Amazon rainforest: 'The guards also cut off access' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A recent Journal of Orthoptera Research article describes two newly identified katydid species endemic to the southern ...

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous ...

A surprising study involving sixty universities has shown that the Amazon's trees are thriving, despite threats like ...

Costa Rica’s sport fishing organizations releases a manifesto urging 2026 presidential candidates to support marine sustainability ...

Avoiding products that drive deforestation is an easy step one ...

Scientists detect Bartonella bacteria DNA in sand flies from the Brazilian Amazon, with genetic links to Andean strains.

On July 29th, Marvin Scott, the New York National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards Chair, announced that CUNY ...

The Amazon helps stabilize the global climate and is home to more than 40 million people and around 10% of the world’s known species. To protect the world’s largest tropical rain forest, Brazil ...

Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise? Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva thinks so. He ...

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and ...

Many World Heritage sites are increasingly at risk due to escalating climate change, invasive species, and a lack of ...