New Guinea is home to at least 5% of the world's animal and plant species, including unique wildlife like tree-climbing kangaroos ...

The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, spans 2.3 million square miles across nine South American countries. The second largest, the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa,... advertisement ...

It will require time, commitment, and cooperation to tackle these issues effectively, but safeguarding the world's largest rainforest is a cause that impacts everyone. The urgency in addressing ...

José Márcio Corrêa Ayres, a Brazilian zoologist who has been widely credited with saving the world's largest swath of protected rain forest, died March 7 in New York City. Ayres, who was 49, died of ...