A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

The Papuan olive python, a remarkable reptile from New Guinea's rainforests, captivates with its colour-changing ability and ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Resilience means getting through something — tough, messy, with losses, but surviving. So said Andrew ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

“I think adaptation is this sort of flimsy word that ... they are now putting additional energy — and funding — into the ...

The biodiversity in the region is rich — 450 mammal species, 15,000 plant species, and 1,150 bird species roam the world's second-largest tropical rainforest area, according to Interactive Country ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests ... of tower cranes to collect insects from the rainforest canopy. The team plans to study the ...

The book, "Tropical Tree Physiology: Adaptations and Responses in a Changing Environment," was published by Springer. Louis Santiago, an associate professor of physiological ecology at UC Riverside, ...

The tools, found in an area where an ancient rainforest once stood, push back the oldest known evidence of humans in similar ...