Researchers at Northern Arizona University and the Smithsonian found an unconventional method to understand how rainforests ...

Scientists boiled rainforest leaves to see how heat affects them. Leaves handle heat better than expected, which gives hope ...

Temperate rainforests are among the rarest habitats on Earth, supporting unique biodiversity and providing vital benefits ...

Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome ...

The diversity of a tropical rain forest can be hard to fathom for people who have not seen one. Three acres of jungle may be home to more than 650 species of trees – more species than grow in the ...

An important debate has erupted in the scientific community concerning the magnitude of future species extinctions in the tropics. This debate was ignited by an in-depth analysis of expected ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

Will the Rainforest Survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis "Extinction Proneness Among Different Groups Of Organisms: Are We Really Losing 100 Species A Day?" by Nigel E.