The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique ...

Tropical rainforest species are at especially high risk, as are top carnivores, species with small geographic ranges, and marine reef species. Humanity's main impact on the extinction rate is ...

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

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

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

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

While most knowledge on this issue comes from studies conducted in Europe, most insect species inhabit in tropical rainforests, where understanding remains surprisingly limited. In tropical ...

Selective logging occurs in up to 400 million hectares of tropical ... hectares of rainforest and provide effective forest management and protection, especially for key endangered species at ...