In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them Being struck by ...

Imagine a forest so vast and wild that its boundaries stretch farther than the eye can see, where ancient trees tower like ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, raising concerns about their long-term resilience.

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest ... of the most closely studied tropical forests in the world. Dr. Gora set out to study whether individual trees in the forest benefit from ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

Stony Brook University’s Dr. Patricia Wright was introduced to an amazing parcel of land in southeastern Madagascar.

A vast tropical archipelago stretching across the equator, Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, home to ...