A team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science found that, between 1999 and 2016, gold mining expansion cost the region 4,437 hectares (10,964 acres) of forest loss per year.

This January, the people of Karangtengah Village in Central Java were surprised to find that the river running past their homes had turned murky.

A plan to enlarge a two-lane highway into six prompts skepticism among locals.

In a victory for Brazil’s indigenous groups, the Supreme Court Wednesday decided against the claims of Mato Grosso state, which wanted compensation for Indian reserves established in that state by

The clouded leopard is the least well-known of the big cats. Both species (Neofelis nebulosa and Neofelis diarti) are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN across their ranges.

A team of scientists from Sweden and the United States found that more bird species inhabit stable climates.

According to Babu Ram Lamichhane, a wildlife research officer with Nepalese non-profit National Trust for Nature Conservation and lead author of a study published this month in the journal Oryx, Ne

The study quantified mammal numbers in forests and landscapes with varying degrees of human impact in Malaysian Borneo.

Indonesian authorities have revoked or not renewed more than 2,100 mining licenses that fail to meet legal standards.

Land rights activist Bill Kayong was shot dead last year in Miri, Sarawak. Representatives of a palm oil plantation company were charged with his murder, but were later acquitted.