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Brazilian Amazon deforestation breaks April month record

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April. It destroyed more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest. The record is the latest damning statistic on the accelerating loss of the Amazon under President Jair Bolsonaro. Satellite images show...

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation

Brazil's indigenous reservations have acted as a barrier against deforestation over the past three decades. Though destruction of the Amazon rainforest has accelerated recently under President Jair Bolsonaro. This is according to a new study. Just 1.6 percent was on indigenous lands, of the 69 million...

New species of incredibly rare insect discovered

A British scientist has found a new species that belongs to a set of bugs so rare that its closest relative was last seen in 1969. Dr. Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) found the new species of leafhopper, which he has named as...

Scientist discovers new rainfrog species in Panama

Rainforest Trust celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2018. It hosted an auction and named some new-to-science species. The funds raised helped the conservation of the newly recognized species. It estimated 100 new species discovered per year. The scientists have named the new species as Pristimantis gretathunbergae....