An exceptional discovery in northern China has revealed a 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved under volcanic ash.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These local landholders hold the key to a valuable solution as the world tries to slow climate change – restoring deforested ...

A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for ...

A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ...

Mangrove forests protect tropical coasts from storms, store large amounts of carbon and provide vital habitats for plants and ...

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products ...

Researchers have found that tropical forest ecosystems are more reliant on aquatic insects than temperate forest ecosystems, making them more vulnerable to disruptions to the links between land and ...

Multi-institutional effort led by Berkeley Lab, called NGEE-Tropics, will couple field research with the development of a new ecosystem model Tropical forests play major roles in regulating Earth's ...

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...

The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future as global temperatures rise Vanessa Crooks The forest breathes! There is a ...

The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying drought-stressed trees — is unfolding annually before the world’s eyes. But some serious ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...