Image: Detail of a pteridosperm, an extinct seed-producing fern-like plant. Width across image about six centimeters. A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ecology ...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped to its lowest level since March 2018, according to new data from the Brazilian government. Deforestation for the year to date is down 40% compared to 2023 ...
Describing new species can take decades. But scientists are working to identify new ways to speed up our understanding of ...
Imagine Earth’s lungs being cut into small pieces like a Black Friday deal. That’s what’s happening to our planet’s ecological safety nets today. Every day, we lose 80,000 acres of rainforest, an area ...
Rainforests are thick forests that get lots of rain and support a huge amount of biodiversity. They are essential for climate ...
About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't simply ...
Researchers in Australia are building a "living seed bank" to protect the continent’s last-remaining fragments of rainforest from climate change. One goal is to avoid the extinction of ancient trees, ...
Amazon Rainforest Day, first celebrated in 2008, aims to raise awareness about the importance of Earth’s largest rainforest. There is a place where the Amazon meets the Andes, where forests climb the ...
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