Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World Rainforest Day is celebrated and five forests that play a vital role in kee ...
Deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, scientists discovered a fungus with an extraordinary ability that could offer ...
The UK has abandoned projects worth tens of millions of pounds that were meant to help protect Congo rainforests and support ...
Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...
For the first time, scientists have recorded close-up, extended videos of some rarely seen small nocturnal species in the rainforest canopies of Panama and Peru. Experts say the new technology may ...
The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic ...
Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's largest rainforest last year, the lowest level of Amazon destruction since 2014.
In 2020, the Covid pandemic slowed down just about everything—save for deforestation of the Amazon. That year, Brazil lost almost 15 square miles of vegetation per day, equal to 24 trees every second.
This country is one of the world’s best-kept secrets. With around 93% of its land covered by pristine tropical rainforest, ...
Don’t mind us, we’re just adding “bike above Ecuador’s Cloud Forest’ to our bucket list. In this video, Travel + Leisure ...