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

An international study led by the University of Freiburg, published in Global Change Biology, has found that forests with ...

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

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

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

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

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

Authorities are searching for a U.S. tourist who went missing in a rain forest in northeast Puerto Rico, according to reports ...

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

In this paper we assess the forestry tax regime in Ekiti State, where forests represent more than 50 % of land area and forest revenue has been historically relevant.

Smuggled into the United States and confiscated by authorities in 2023, the infant Mexican spider monkeys had been separated from their mothers – who were likely killed during their capture, the zoo ...

This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning ...