"You search for one thing and end up finding something else, which sometimes turns out to be even more interesting." Cameras ...

The sighting extends the species's known range by about 75 miles northwest from its closest occurrence in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, the study said. This is also the first time the species has been ...

Lab studies show that when the leaves of rainforest trees reach a temperature of around 47°C (117°F), the cellular machinery that captures energy from sunlight is irreversibly damaged and the ...

In Qiongzhong, travelers explore Hainan's tea culture at homestays like Shan You Ju, where guests pick tea leaves and savor ...

Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at ...

If tropical air temperatures reach 116 degrees Fahrenheit, a lot of the rainforest could die. This is the first study to narrow in on a threshold that we need to avoid.

Tropical Depression Nicole leaves at least 5 dead, brings rain to Southeast Tropical Depression Nicole moved from Florida to Georgia, causing flooding, beach erosion, heavy rain, gusty winds and ...

Now, in the upper canopies of Earth’s tropical forests, roughly 1 in every 10,000 leaves experiences temperatures at least once a year that may be too high for photosynthesis, researchers report ...

The origins of modern tropical rainforests, such as this stretch of forest near Medellín, Colombia, trace back to the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago.