Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Deforestation remains the top culprit paired with several destructive human activities behind Amazon's devastation.

The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

TORONTO (CTV Network) — About a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest has been severely degraded by human activity, and the emissions from this activity are equivalent to or even greater than ...

Bat researchers in Australia noticed that when a bat habitat is degraded through deforestation and food is less available, the hungry bats search for food in areas where humans and farm animals live.

Deforestation has reduced the plants and animals on which mosquitoes feed.

(Berlin) – The European Union is adopting an important new law to require EU-based companies to ensure that their imports and exports are “deforestation-free” and uphold human rights, Human Rights ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in Brazil analyzed blood samples from mosquitoes collected in nature reserves in the Atlantic Forest, a heavily ...

(Brussels) - The European Parliament should reject proposed amendments to the European Union’s Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR), Human Rights Watch said today. The regulation requires ...

Scientists in the US and Australia have laid out in detail the steps that cause Hendra virus, which causes a rare and sometimes deadly respiratory and neurological infection, to spillover into humans.