When: Australian rainforest species fruit during summer and autumn ... rely on cassowaries and large mammals like tree kangaroos to eat the fruit and disperse the seeds in their droppings.

A rainforest is a tropical or subtropical forest ... The jabuticaba tree is a native Brazilian fruit tree that can grow up to 30 feet tall, including up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in one year ...

“A rainforest can spring up in one to three ... “There’s a lot of fruit trees, for example, that people use, and trees that provide medicinal services,” Cook-Patton said.

Rainforest seedlings are more likely ... A drought had triggered “mast fruiting” across the region, with trees simultaneously dropping fruit en masse and new seedlings emerging.

But this botanical marvel has remained unnoticed by the scientific community for so long because it flowers and bears fruit underground. At first glance, Pinanga subterranea, a rare palm tree ...

helping it move from tree to tree. And it's eating a banana. One of over three thousand types of fruit that grow in the rainforest. There's an insect too! A butterfly. They can taste fruit through ...