Imagine walking through the dense, humming heart of the Amazon rainforest. The air is thick, the ground alive with insects, ...

Once these species are gone, they're gone. Researchers make alarming discovery about ancient forests isolated during Ice Ages ...

The civilization was known for sophisticated urban centers, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and agricultural terraces. The regional chiefdom society also had a distinctive ...

Trees haven’t grown on the Falkland Islands for thousands of years. But tree trunks and branches preserved in peat suggest the islands were once home to a forest.

High on a mountain in China, Indigenous tea growers are using ancient techniques to create a premium tea that has never been more popular.

Isabelle Legeron visits the ancient forest of Rannoch with soil scientist Richard Bardgett. Amidst the huge pines, hummocks and blueberries, they dig a small hole and channel down through soil ...

How the Ancient Maya Practiced Sustainable Agriculture A focus on plant diversity and maintaining wild tracts of forest helped some Maya cities succeed for centuries.

Analyzing an ancient forest The tree remains proved too old for radiocarbon dating, which can determine the age of organic matter up to 50,000 years old. The international team of scientists ...