The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

Stony Brook University’s Dr. Patricia Wright was introduced to an amazing parcel of land in southeastern Madagascar.

Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder? Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest. Developed by the University of Sheffield, the technology uses satellite ...

A tropical rainforest is different from a temperate rainforest because it is hot and wet due to lots of rain. The plants and animals that live in a tropical rainforest are adapted to live in ...

Campaigns that educate people about the destruction caused by rain forest timber and encourage purchasing of sustainable rain forest products could drive demand down enough to slow deforestation ...

Even though it may seem like we have already explored every single square centimeter of the Earth, there are still many areas that are practically unmapped. These areas include the bottom of the ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them Being struck by ...