Deforestation, especially human clearing of forests, has become an ecological danger linked to a number of dangerous side effects, including an increase in droughts and destruction of animal habitats.

New research suggests that the loss of forest habitat increases contact between humans and nonhuman primates — and therefore the transmission of diseases from animals to humans, as with coronavirus ...

Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of tropical deforestation, but it is also a key livelihood for nearly 1 billion ...

A new study states that the combination of global warming and extreme heat events, alongside the continued expansion of deforestation in the world, may be devastating for many species of animals, ...

In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

Carbon Brief visits a parrot reserve working to return former pet parrots to the wild in Colombia, and more nature news from the past fortnight.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation surged in Brazil’s Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna region, by nearly 45% in 2023 compared to 2022, according to full-December data released Friday by the ...

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April 12 - Many people who live in the Brazilian Amazon dread the arrival of the dry season, roughly June to December. It's when rainclouds give way to smoke from forest fires. The burning is so ...

Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99 percent of the country's original wooded areas. A research collaboration ...