Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

Remember the Lorax, the huffy, scruffy spokesman for the trees in the Dr. Seuss book of the same name? The Lorax spoke for the trees against the depredations of the Once-ler, who was bent on taking ...

URBANA, Ill. – The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Chocó-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. The local population relies on this unique tree for many uses and ...

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the... Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis ...