The votes have been counted, and Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the results of its giant anteater naming vote. The ...

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The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous nations, but also the ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

Step foot in South America, and you’ll find yerba mate everywhere — lining the shelves of gas stations and grocery stores, ...

A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

The catastrophic fires ravaging Los Angeles have become the most destructive in the state’s history, decimating native ecosystems ... corroborate what Indigenous peoples have long understood ...

Report is the first to comprehensively assess the global conservation status of peatlands, which store more carbon than all ...

Trump’s mass deportation plans, including the Laken Riley Act, which awaits his signature, will be very expensive to ...

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that ...