The rainforest has many layers There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the ...

This big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million ...

In Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains, scientists have identified Tessmannia princeps, a newly discovered tree species potentially 3,000 years old. This ra ...

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

The sighting extends the species’s known range by about 75 miles northwest from its closest occurrence in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, the study said. This is also the first time the species has been ...

Nature doesn’t hold back when it comes to color and some of the most dazzling displays can be found in the animal kingdom.

The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Seagrasses, foundational species in coastal ecosystems worldwide, are surprisingly few in documented diversity—with only ...