An unprecedented study is analyzing biodiversity by listening to nearly 16,000 minutes of recordings made in Carajás National Forest, a protected region in the Brazilian Amazon. Some 230 bird species ...

Dispatches at The Prospect are brief reflections from our writers that focus on their experiences during the summer. As a city kid, many people find it hard to believe that I love nature. I guess it’s ...

Watching the first few minutes of “The Territory,” a new documentary set in the Amazon rainforest, is like listening to a symphony of deforestation. The film opens with the sound of an engine revving, ...