Twenty fruit species that are native to the Amazon have commercial potential for consumption, pharmaceutical use, or cosmetic use, with many of them being popular “super fruits.”

The 20 rodents introduced from Canada to the southern tip of Patagonia in 1946 to supply the fur industry now number more than 150,000.

A small community of rural Peruvians gathered in Lima to protest contamination of their natural resources by mining activity.

For over twenty-two years the community of El Ingenio has lived in the rubble of a “polluted dump.”

Despite being home to some of the most naturally rich regions on the planet, Ecuador, a nation comprised of tropical islands to the west and the dense Amazonian rainforest to the east, is not immune to human induced ecological destruction.

Students and professors from the National University of Sula Valley (UNAH-VS), along with government workers, municipal authorities, and environmental organizations, volunteered to plant over 14 acres of trees.

Colombia’s biodiversity is offering new opportunities for women to overcome the educational, economic, political, and medical inequalities that exist between genders.

The consumption of grasshoppers, crickets and other insects is good for the environment.

One of the most environmentally diverse and chaotic regions in the world is becoming even more unpredictable as a result of climate change.

Although Colombia’s Lake Tota is not deceased yet, it seems to be well on its way.