Houseplants have a quiet way of turning an ordinary apartment into a small piece of paradise. The slow joy of a cactus that finally blooms after a decade, an orchid that surprises you with a brand-new ...

Outside the tropics, the climate signal was starker. Wildfires burned 13 million acres in Canada, making 2025 the country’s ...

The area of tropical forest destroyed in 2021 was enough to cover the entire island of Cuba, and sent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as India does in an entire year from burning fossil fuels, ...

Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of the previous year, according to new ...

The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels ...

Tropical forest plant roots have not received as much research attention as aboveground vegetation. This knowledge gap affects our understanding of how rainforests adapt to change, including their ...

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising culprit: ordinary thunderstorms. These quick, fierce storms, powered by ...

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