The gorilla climbed to her sunny perch to munch on a snack and hang out with her female companions. That moment might not ...

In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the rainy season watching the tropical dry forest from inside a shack. At ...

In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the ...

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

By Liz Kimbrough A new study has for the first time identified the most common tree species in the tropical forests of Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia — and their similarities have ...

Tropical forest loss saw a decline in 2023, but there is still an ongoing pressure on woodlands globally, according to an analysis released on Thursday.

Modeling suggests that tropical forests can withstand up to a 3.9 degree Celsius increase over current air temperatures before a potential tipping point is reached, which is within the worst-case ...

The team of scientists analyzed 77 tropical forest sites across the Americas and West Africa, making up a total of 2275 varying plots of land. Each plot had originally been an old growth tropical ...