The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately ...

The central premise is that water limitation—intensified by climate change through increased drought frequency, higher ...

Experts often warn about the “tipping point” for the Amazon, a scenario in which the rainforest collapses into a drier, less biodiverse savanna ecosystem. But the term “tipping point” is sometimes ...

Forests, wooded areas, and scattered trees have provided food, fuel, medicines, filtered water, shelter, and building materials throughout time. As countries with ample forests develop, they tend to ...

For centuries forests represented the unknown: places of mystery where fairies and spirits dwelt and the mark of civilization was ne’er felt. But we’ve come to realize that forests are vibrant ...

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER IS BRINGING A NEW ECOSYSTEM TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. THE CENTER IS BUILDING A RAIN FOREST COMPLETE WITH ANIMALS NOT FOUND IN ECOSYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICA ...

A tropical rainforest biome climate is an environment found near the Earth's equator, in locations such as South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, characterized by high temperatures and high ...

Located an hour’s drive from the city of Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, Foulden Maar has become one of the world’s most significant but troubled fossil sites. This shallow-sided volcanic ...