Two forestry companies hold licences to log in B.C.’s rare rainforest, home to ancient trees, endangered caribou and rare ...

Researchers have been baffled by tropical rainforest diversity for over a century; 650 different tree species can exist in an area covering two football fields, yet similar species never grow next to ...

The breathtaking, luxuriant tropical rainforests occupy about 13 percent of Earth’s surface. These incredibly complex and diverse ecosystems account for half of the known biological diversity (about ...

New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction. The research, co-authored by The ...

It is widely accepted that biological interactions are stronger or more important in generating and maintaining biodiversity in the tropics than in temperate regions. However, this hypothesis has not ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

Over the course of three weeks in July, six teams showcased technology that could potentially automate biodiversity monitoring in rainforests. The event in Manaus, Brazil, was the final round of ...

Scientists are harnessing technology more commonly used in industrial settings to create high-quality “digital twins” of tropical rainforests by scanning above and below the forest canopy. The ...

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Mexico officially ranks first among all countries worldwide for the number of snake species, with an impressive 438 species. This North American nation's incredible diversity comes from its varied ...

Thesis supervisors, Dr. F.J.J.M. Bongers, Dr. M.S.M. Sosef; thesis co-supervisor, Dr. Ir. L. Poorter; other members, Dr. F. Berendse, Dr. S.A. Schnitzer, Dr. H. ter ...