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

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...

Apparently, a recent mass extinction event in South America never actually happened. For four decades, it was believed that a ...

A new study has for the first time identified the most common tree species in the tropical forests of Africa, the Amazon and ...

The concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere is rising rapidly, with numerous negative consequences for the climate. However, ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet ... Emergent The tallest trees in the forest, some over 50 m in height. Parrots and bats live here. Parrots have sharp beaks to crack open nuts and large ...

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"[We] found the trees are providing another unexpected ... the first CO2 experiment conducted on a tropical forest is in its early stages. The Amazon is home to more than 10% of all terrestrial ...