"How extensive this ... effect might be is unknown." Researchers stunned after uncovering unexpected feature in tropical ...

Most of us know pine forests are different than jungles. There's a reason the world's forests are so distinct, yet there are ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Tropical forests could be getting closer to a critical-high temperature threshold than previously anticipated, a new study suggests. The study, published in Nature, shows that the combination of ...

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 ...

Tropical forests play a pivotal role in global carbon cycling and biodiversity conservation, yet they are increasingly exposed to the impacts of extreme weather events. Hurricanes and typhoons, as ...

In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the presence of critically endangered ...

Tropical forests have shown improvement in primary forest loss, with a 9 percent decline compared to 2023. Brazil and Colombia saw reductions in forest loss, attributed to conservation policies and ...

Forests have shifted from absorbing carbon to becoming a net carbon source after 2010 due to extensive losses of tropical ...

As the global climate warms and the dry season lengthens, signs of a shift towards a hypertropical climate pattern are starting to emerge in the Amazon rainforest.