Policies designed to occupy and populate the Peruvian Amazon began about seventy years ago with the construction of a trunk ...

It seems like they intentionally neglected the ferry system just to create enough discontent so that people would accept ...

There are 22,000 buses on Nairobi’s crowded streets, the backbone of commuter transit for the Kenyan capital’s population of 5.3 million. The city’s matatus, privately owned public transport, are ...

The elusive snow leopard (Panthera uncia), often described as the “ghost of the mountains,” has captivated the imagination of ...

When most people think about climate change, images of melting ice caps or rising sea levels come to mind. However, the ...

Bats play a key role in maintaining the health of forest ecosystems as pollinators, seed dispersers and insect pest ...

The boat comes to a halt, shuddering against the dirt bank that rises from the edge of the Ucayali River. Sixto, tanned and with a frown cutting deep furrows across his forehead, jumps ashore. He ...

As the ice caps disappear, these creeks and rivers become more irregular, leading to longer and more intense droughts in the ...

Chhoeung Chheng, a journalist covering environmental issues for local online news outlet Kampuchea Aphiwat News, has died of ...

Working on fishing vessels has for centuries been one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. To this day, forced labor and ...

Just wait till next year!” goes the slogan often attributed to disappointed sports fans. Those same words could equally apply ...

Over the course of his career, Peter Houlihan has hauled light traps across dense jungles to study insects, even climbing up ...