In the late 1950s, Chinese leader Mao Zedong ordered the mass killing of sparrows. What followed was the deadliest famine of all time.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces 70% of the world’s cobalt for electric vehicle batteries – and its people are suffering for it.
The Marcha das Margaridas gathers rural women from across Brazil to rally for their land rights. But how did the country become so unequal?
To kick off our environmental history series, we dig into the roots of deforestation in Haiti – and what the Caribbean country can do now.
Mapping the few remaining habitats of the Araucariaceae tree family, whose species have survived more than 200 million years.