What you didn't know about Mennonites, soy, and Bolivia.

Chocolate is the food of the gods. The name of the tree from which the confection originates, Theobroma cacao, combines the ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While deforestation is the primary cause of forest loss, intact ...

Outside the tropics, the climate signal was starker. Wildfires burned 13 million acres in Canada, making 2025 the country’s ...

Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of the previous year, according to new ...

New research shows that forest connecting different types of habitats may help frogs fight a deadly amphibian fungus ...

Forests are more than just trees—they are climate regulators, biodiversity havens, and carbon vaults. From tropical rainforests to boreal taiga, each biome plays a unique role in cooling the planet ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...