About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to ...

Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific for changes that could impact this year's ...

The sovereign-backed investment fund for forests could generate far more money for conservation than traditional donor models ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

While studying the impact of lightning on rainforests in Panama, a team of researchers discovered that one species of tree seemed to be immune to electrical shock. In fact, "Dipteryx oleifera," or the ...

Companies and major NGOs have been strangely loath to go public about how their climate and nature programmes have been affected by President Donald Trump’s evisceration of USAID and climate funding.

Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change, sparking concerns about their long-term ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

One-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a combination ... in the Amazon as land-use change and human-induced climate change progress, affecting tree mortality, fire incidence ...

HOUSTON — Expect breezy and warm temperatures today as you head out the door. Winds will gust close to 40 mph. Make sure to secure loose objects around the house today. Afternoon highs will ...