Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

The tools, found in an area where an ancient rainforest once stood, push back the oldest known evidence of humans in similar ...

The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world’s largest rainforests. Like other tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, it is located close to the Equator, where the sun’s energy is more ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

The Amazon and its neighbours – the Orinoco and the Andean rainforest – account for 73.5 per cent of tropical forests ... Central Africa ranks third, with most of the destruction centred ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

But this is not the only tropical rainforest with natural beauty to behold. South America, Africa and India also have an abundance of wildlife and wonder. But what is it that makes this biome home ...

Analysis - Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant ...

New research reveals human habitation in Central African rainforests began 150,000 years ago, challenging previous timelines.