Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are ...

Rainforest cleared for agriculture can regenerate: trees and animals return. This is shown by a new study published in ...

Ancient climate changes during the Ice Age still shape frog diversity across African rainforests, revealing hidden ...

New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction. The research, co-authored by The ...

Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, looked at the insect biodiversity of Kibale National Park in Uganda. The study, published in the journal Insect Conservation ...

Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa's rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and glaciation ...

Over the course of three weeks in July, six teams showcased technology that could potentially automate biodiversity monitoring in rainforests. The event in Manaus, Brazil, was the final round of ...

The breathtaking, luxuriant tropical rainforests occupy about 13 percent of Earth’s surface. These incredibly complex and diverse ecosystems account for half of the known biological diversity (about ...

Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. However, more than ...

One of the field sites was in an old growth forest in Australia’s Daintree Rainforest, at the James Cook University Observatory. Termites — infamous for their ability to destroy wood — are rarely ...

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