Butterflies that independently evolved the same wing patterns have also evolved similar eyes and brains which are fine-tuned ...

Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of ...

Using advanced satellite measurements, the research team systematically analyzed the climate and vegetation of each tropical region on Earth. The study’s findings suggest that rainforests are losing ...

Two ithomiine butterflies (left: Hypothyris anastasia, right: Hypoleria sarepta) at Yasuni National Park, Ecuador Image of ...

Here’s a snapshot of the 10 largest tropical rainforest regions: Amazon; The Amazon is Earth’s largest rainforest, essential to continental rainfall patterns and global climate regulation.

BRASILIA – Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate c… ...

The year 2024 saw significant developments in tropical rainforest conservation, deforestation, and degradation. While progress in some regions provided glimmers of hope, systemic challenges and ...

Columbia Engineering researchers found that the models have been largely over-estimating water stress in tropical forests. ... (CO2) emissions. Certain rainforest regions, such as the Amazon, ...

An analysis from nonprofit the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) found 34 percent of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover is gone. Thirty percent is in various forms of degradation ...

Phosphorous, which is plentiful in the Saharan Dust, is an essential element for growth in the tropical rainforest. Regions like the Amazon benefit greatly from the dust and so do our gardens locally.

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands.