The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Tropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to ...

In Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – the only bureau of the Smithsonian outside the United States – ...

As a result, Bolivia lost 14,800 square kilometres of forest in 2024, the second-most of any country, up 200% from 2023. It ...

In parts of Central America, illegal ranching on protected lands has become a front for drug trafficking and money laundering ...

Whether it's wreath laying and patriotic music or even a local restaurant offering a great deal, celebrate Memorial Day from Jupiter to Boca Raton.

Forests on Indigenous lands in Panama have remained remarkably stable over the past two decades—more so than in protected ...

About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the nonprofit Belize Zoo ...

An 8-year-old Hammond’s flycatcher that arrived in Fairbanks surpasses the previous oldest recorded bird of its species, one that was 7 years old when biologists banded and captured her in Oregon.

I loved backpacking through Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. However, I wish I'd done a few things differently during ...