Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and ...

Each patch of tropical forest is doing more than sheltering wildlife—it's also quietly manufacturing rain on a massive scale, a new study finds. University of Leeds researchers estimate that every ...

New research published last month through a collaboration of American and Peruvian biologists might present an answer to one of conservation's biggest questions: can biodiversity be restored once it's ...

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the ...

Every year, tropical forests release countless litres of water into the atmosphere, generating rain. New research has estimated the value of this ecosystem service at billions of pounds every year, ...

A. The rain forest project -- A-1. Radioecology at the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center / H.J. Gomberg -- A-2. The rain forest and man : an introduction / Howard T. Odum -- B. The rain forest at El Verde -- ...

Scientists are seeing a concerning decline in insect biodiversity in tropical forests. According to a study summarized in The Conversation, researchers suspect that changes in climate patterns, fueled ...

The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests. Agricultural expansion drives nearly 90% ...

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...