A team of Earth scientists, ecologists and space research specialists affiliated with several institutions in Brazil has ...

Can a tropical forest mend itself? After trees are cut down and wildlife flees, do microbes on the dank, leafy floor and ...

A Wisconsin man has been reported missing after he got separated from his tourist group while hiking in the dense tropical ...

Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a U.S. tourist they say got lost in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque ...

Rising CO2 levels are making tropical trees more efficient at photosynthesis. Learn what this means for climate change.

Satellite imagery helps to identify two hotspots of deforestation in the Atlantic Forest along Brazil’s eastern coast.

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

A tourist from Pewaukee who got lost in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque in Puerto Rico has been found alive, ...

Abdur Rahman, 64, was hiking with a group when he became separated from them in the dense tropical rainforest of El Yunque ...

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Sani Isla: A Kichwa community that found alternatives to oil in conservation and tourism ...

Forests planted with many different tree species have substantially higher aboveground carbon stocks and greater carbon fluxes than monocultures, shows an international study led by the University of ...