Rainforests are among the most important natural systems on the planet. They act as the Earth’s green lungs by absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, stabilising global temperatures and ...

From the Amazon to Borneo, discover seven breathtaking rainforests that offer ancient ecosystems, rare wildlife, and ...

Discover global destinations that feel familiar for South Africans, from coastal towns to wine regions and desert escapes.

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for ...

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently ...

Africa baobabs are distinctive, long-lived trees with essential ecosystem roles. However, their populations are in decline ...

It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from the canopy, glowing in the mist. Birdsong pierces the still air. Jacques Habimana, a ...

Analysing the elephants' faeces for DNA has given a more accurate count, bumping their numbers by 16 per cent compared with ...

South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ...

Hawthorn bark is smooth in young trees but develops characterful, flaky, twisted, gnarled brown in older trees. Crab apples ...

Scientists linked a mystery fossil foot to a tree-climbing human ancestor that likely lived alongside Lucy's species 3.4 ...

The mood is grim as hundreds of diplomats, lawyers and activists gather in The Hague for the annual meeting of the ...