A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...

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

Researchers have conducted the world's biggest ever bird survey, recording 971 different species living in forests and cattle ...

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

Tropical Rainforest And Mountain Species May Be Threatened By Global Warming Date: October 10, 2008 Source: University of Connecticut Summary: Contrary to conventional wisdom, tropical plant and ...

Both Brazil and Indonesia have embarked on programs to protect their tropical rainforests, which contain a rich treasury of life. Although many millions of species are known to inhabit this ...

Survival in the depths of the tropical rainforest not only depends on a species' ability to defend itself, ... Rainforest species use chemicals to identify which plants to prune Date: May 22, 2011 ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. According to a newly published study in ZooKeys Journal, the discovery was made at the Allpahuayo-Mishana National ...

Rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The world’s tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper published this week in Proceedings ...

Newly-planted palm oil trees are seen growing on the site of a destroyed tropical rainforest in Kuala Cenaku, Riau Province, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, on November 21, 2007.

A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...