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 new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

but is not a substitute for preserving intact forest. Aa Aa Aa Tropical forests are highly diverse ecosystems located within 23.5º N or S of the equator in Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Central and ...

Known for its unreal landscape adorned with dramatic peaks and valleys, tropical rainforests, and home to a gorgeous uncrowded beach with turquoise ... mountains and lush forests of the Kaua ...

Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy, the under canopy and the forest floor.

Rather having herds of explorers clamber around in the upper reaches of these forests to take measurements, researchers decided to use LiDAR to create a 3D map of these forests (press release).

Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder? Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...

However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest loss than the original roads themselves. In all three regions, secondary roads ...

A new study, using NASA laser technology from the International Space Station, reveals the impact of climate change on global tropical forests with greater depth and breadth than ever before.