In recent years, the real progress has been outside the rooms where the high-level official U.N. negotiations are held.

In Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – the only bureau of the Smithsonian outside the United States – ...

Among the rocks and marine fossils, scientists have found fossilized pollen from the Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene periods that reflects changes in the surrounding ecosystems. The pollen reveals ...

For a scenic and friendly getaway in Hawaii, head to this beachside city with plenty of outdoor adventure, stores selling ...

Camping is an affordable alternative to Hawaii's expensive lodging options, but there are some things to know before jumping ...

Much of Hawaii consists of extensive tracts of public and privately owned land. Pigs can roam relatively freely in these areas, but hunters are often restricted from accessing them. Regardless of the ...

The Biomass satellite is designed to measure carbon stocks in tropical forests, helping scientists to understand how they work and how they are changing. The European Space Agency (ESA ...

In West Hawaii, the same situation occurs with private lands being subdivided and cleared. One example is the Kaloko cloud forest that is one of the most accessible tropical cloud forests in Hawaii.

The 2023 meeting marked the beginning of WCS’s partnership with the Brazilian government to create an innovative financing initiative to tackle this scenario: the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.

University of Hawaii president Wendy Hensel provided this update during the UH Board of Regents meeting on May 15, 2025. Cassie Ventura, ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and one of his ...

The $125 billion Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is an innovative approach to economic development that is more nimble than the traditional development grant system, writes Carlos Alvarado ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a surprising layer of diversity in tropical forests. Not only are the forests ...