The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands ...

Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

A photographer, an airline pilot, a ship’s captain and others reveal where you’ll find the most spectacular, intriguing and ...

Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...

The Makassar Strait is a narrow stretch of water that runs between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. It connects the Celebes ... you can find everything from vast deserts and lush ...

If you look at a map of South America, in the northeast ... Just forest. That's it. The untouched rainforest is a symbol of Suriname: it is an unchanging part of the local landscape, and (for the ...

Demand for the patchouli plant's oils has skyrocketed in recent years, and so too has the number of farmers in the region who ...

But the trend has an uglier underbelly as Indonesia's vast rainforest is cleared to make way for patchouli farming. That loss of a vital ecosystem also increases the threat of landslides.