In A Nutshell A researcher on a small Panama Canal island spotted a hot pink katydid near a research station light late one ...

Snakes live on every continent except Antarctica and can survive in an incredible range of environments. Rainforests, however ...

Deep within the tropical rainforests of Central and South America lives one of the most powerful birds on Earth: the harpy eagle. With massive talons, immense strength, and an imposing presence, this ...

Sheltering an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, including western lowland gorillas and forest elephants, is a vast, ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

Planning a visit to FRIM Kepong? Here’s everything to know about the UNESCO-listed Forest Research Institute Malaysia, including the canopy skywalk, trails, ticket prices and how to get there.

I’ve been working through my bucket list this summer, and right near the top was trekking through a tropical rainforest. In my mind, that always meant at least a plane ride's worth of travel—me in ...

The Indian Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA) in Vashi has created a unique "Rainforest 101" learning garden to demystify science and showcase biodiversity. This initiative, part of their mission to ...

Welcome to my office,” says Juan Thomas, as his plane soars over Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo. The pilot for African Parks, a conservation NGO, puts on an incongruous playlist ...

The richest part of a tropical rainforest is often the hardest to study: the canopy, where much of its biodiversity lives beyond reach from the ground. Francis Hallé helped change that by finding ways ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more than half of the world’s remaining rainforests. It is crisscrossed by ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...