Ants are famous for their regimented and complex social behaviors. In the tropics, they are also famous for forming mutualisms with plants. Certain species of trees have conspicuous hollow ...

Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, potentially because of climate change, according to an international study published May 18 in ...

The Conservatory contains more than 10,000 square feet of tropical trees, flowers and other plants, along with a 15-feet ... “Our rainforest trees could be much taller, as they are in the ...

Tropical trees in Australia's rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate impacts, according to the findings of a long-term international ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that Shorea parvifolia, a tropical rainforest tree species widely distributed through Southeast Asia, has had a recent migration to Borneo ...

Newly-planted palm oil trees are seen growing on the site of a destroyed tropical rainforest in Kuala Cenaku, Riau Province, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, on November 21, 2007.

Tropical rainforests are critical to the cause, because they offset 9 gigatons of CO2 between 2005 and today — a resource that countries can monetize to save their trees. Indonesia Ponies Up ...

Scientists found the surprising characteristic had evolved through the years, predisposing the species to a great advantage.

Step into the untamed heart of the Amazon Rainforest, where nature thrives in its most raw, powerful, and breathtaking form.

Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological processes of Earth’s biomes. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, ...

Droughts could kill off the tallest trees in tropical rainforests in coming decades, a study suggests. Over a 13-year period, researchers carried out fieldwork to assess the impact of drought on ...

Trees in the Amazon rainforest are ancient finds study Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study Rhett A. Butler, ... “Little was known about the age of tropical trees, ...