African rainforests, long vital carbon absorbers, are now releasing more carbon than they capture, according to new research.

The opening of the much-anticipated Congo Falls is almost here and the San Antonio zoo is celebrating the opening with two ...

The Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, is under mounting pressure. The Congo’s vast green ...

Study finds Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are now generating carbon instead.

For the first time in 35 years, gorillas have a home at the zoo. It's a big upgrade from the previous enclosure for the ...

Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

You’ve heard of the beard of bees — well, I’m wearing a full balaclava of them. They’re enveloping me so thickly I look like a sideshow apiarist. I swipe my palms across my face and they collect ...

Humans live in a world abundant in salt, but this everyday seasoning is a luxury for wild herbivores, and it's far from clear ...

It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from the canopy, glowing in the mist. Birdsong pierces the still air. Jacques Habimana, a ...

African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its net emissions to zero. Forests and shrubby ...

BELÉM, Brazil—The host country of this year’s global climate conference is working on a $125 billion plan to save the world’s rainforests. It thinks tapping Wall Street’s bond traders is the way to go ...