Giant kangaroos stayed local, and rapid climate change gradually destroyed their lush rainforest home, leading to extinction.

Imagine wandering through the lush, tangled forests of Southeast Asia, sunlight flickering through a sea of emerald ...

Imagine a forest so vast and wild that its boundaries stretch farther than the eye can see, where ancient trees tower like ...

During my 2023-24 IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller Centennial Fellowship research in eastern Panama, I walked through my neighbor ...

In the depths of a Chilean rainforest stands the 'Gran Abuelo,' an approximately 5,400-year-old tree fighting for survival. A ...

Trekking through the Amazon rainforest is something that’s high ... Much like deciduous forests, tropical rainforests are made up of a number of layers. The ground layer is very dark and due ...

Campaigns that educate people about the destruction caused by rain forest timber and encourage purchasing of sustainable rain forest products could drive demand down enough to slow deforestation ...

Of these ecosystems, those dominated by plants (e.g., tundra, deciduous and coniferous forest, rain forest, grasslands, seagrass beds, mangroves, and salt marshes) are typically green in ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible ... When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes. “At their most extreme, it kind of looks ...

A controversial amendment to Peru's forestry law is sparking outrage, as it eliminates the need for state authorization ...

Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

Neglecting shrub diversity in restoration projects could undermine long-term forest ecosystem functioning. More information: Chen Chen et al, Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory ...