As we plunged deeper and deeper into the dense rainforest of Madagascar, there was little that could prepare me for the trek that lay ahead. Atop the mountains of Betampona Natural Reserve, the air ...

The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

Wild gorillas have become one of the planet’s most sought-after wildlife encounters, yet they’re found in surprisingly few places. These gentle giants roam the dense forests of central Africa, though ...

Archaeologists have identified hundreds of ancient structures hidden beneath the dense canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó ...

As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...

The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone. But they're not conceding defeat.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a U.S. tourist they say got lost in the dense tropical rainforest of El Yunque in the U.S. territory's east. Police said in a ...

Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a U.S. tourist, who they say got lost in the dense tropical rainforest of El Yunque. Police said in a statement that Abdur Rahman, 64, was hiking with a ...