Tropical rainforests face threats from global warming, with a study revealing past ecological changes and urging action to ...

Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a surprising layer of diversity in tropical forests. Not only are the forests populated by a dizzying number of tree species, but each of ...

In Siberia, global warming may reduce the dominance of summergreen larch forest inducing shifts towards evergreen forest types, specifically in the Eastern Siberian summergreen-evergreen forest ...

Nickel miners dig up Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous and legal opposition ...

A new study, using NASA laser technology from the International Space Station, reveals the impact of climate change on global tropical forests with greater depth and breadth than ever before.

Canopy view of a tropical rainforest from a canopy access crane located in San Lorenzo, Panamá, operated by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. A major new study has revealed that ...

The highest point of an Asian elephant is its slightly humped back, while African elephants are tallest at the shoulder. Asian elephants are adapted to a wide variety of habitats including dense ...

A Lycodon latifasciatus, or East Himalayan banded wolf snake. Photo from N. A. Poyarkov via Nguyen, Lee, Jiang, Ding, Chit, ...