Researchers say the paintings in modern-day Colombia are believed to be about 12,000 years old.

In the Amazon, beetles and flowering trees have developed a tight bond. Hundreds of beetle species thrive off of and pollinate blossoms, helping to maintain some of the highest biodiversity on Earth.

Destruction of the rainforest increased by 9.5% compared to the previous 12 months, new data shows.

Nemonte Nenquimo is one of the six environmental leaders to be awarded this year's Goldman Prize.

Exclusive: A forensic investigation finds evidence of deliberate burning in Papua's palm oil plantations.

Green groups welcome the UK's plan to outlaw the import of food and other goods from protected areas.

'Normal' body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find the trend extends to Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon – but why?

Unilever and Tesco also say a new law should apply to all deforestation, whether legal or illegal.

Global warming is behind the scale and impact of recent wildfires in the western US, scientists say.

Forest that has been disturbed – but not cleared – by logging or fire can be hard to spot from satellites.