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

April showers bring Mayflowers or at -least it used to be that way. Some parts of our island have had an extended lack of ...

A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ...

While the team wasn't specifically looking for compounds that could be useful for humans, their findings underscore the value of tropical forests as natural factories of plant chemicals that could ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research ...

The Native Plant Nursery at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden will be hosting its monthly “Day of Conservation” ...

By the end of a long, snowy winter, gardeners dream of digging in the dirt and adding some new and interesting plants to ...

Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the ...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit “next-level” highs, scientists say. Earth’s ecosystems breaking down under extreme ...

Ozone also seriously damages plants, limiting their growth ... environmental levels of ozone can effectively diminish tropical forest growth by around 5.1% on average, which would in turn impact ...