A comprehensive new review synthesizing decades of research warns that the Brazilian Cerrado—a biodiversity hotspot, known for its vast inverted forests—is facing a massive, multi-faceted ecological ...

A study in Ecuador’s Chocó region shows tropical rainforests can regain over 90% of their original biodiversity within 30 years after agricultural use stops. Scientists assessed 16 organism groups ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World ...

Temperate rainforests are among the rarest habitats on Earth, supporting unique biodiversity and providing vital benefits from climate regulation and natural flood management to supporting human ...

The challenge posed by organizers of the XPRIZE Rainforest competition to the international scientific community was formidable. Devise a way to document the biodiversity within a remote Amazonian ...

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 ...

Australia's rainforests are incredibly diverse and rich in unique wildlife. Found primarily along the northeastern coast in ...

Perched high above the forest floor, the tropical canopy is a reservoir of biodiversity that has long resisted scrutiny. Its inaccessibility has left many of its inhabitants — orchids, epiphytes, ants ...

The rainforests of Borneo are often described as some of the richest ecosystems on Earth, yet they continue to produce surprises that have remained hidden for centuries. Among towering trees, dense ...

Tropical rainforests are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Yet the ability to fully survey them is hindered by limited accessibility and sheer size. For someone in, say, Chicago’s ...

June 22 marks World Rainforest Day, launched in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership to highlight the critical role of tropical forests. These ecosystems stabilize the climate, regulate rainfall, store vast ...