An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the ...

Thousands who escaped the Taliban after the fall of Kabul are at risk of deportation under aggressive new policies ...

Hardline immigration policies under US President Donald Trump have forced some migrants to abandon their American dream.

METETÍ, Panama — Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns across southern Panama, where migrant reception ...

The Darién Gap, a perilous journey for millions of migrants, has also become a corridor for the northward spread of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly challenging decades of containment.