Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, is home to the only tropical rainforest in the continental U.S.

Indeed, the team found the largest declines in arthropods occurred in those that favor La Niña conditions. If El Niño is ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

A new study has revealed a surprising factor that deeply affects forest health due to its direct impact on tree mortality.

Leaf, stem, and metamer characteristics were studied in 41 sympatric species of vines of a tropical dry forest at Chamela, Mexico, and compared with other growth forms. Leaf weight and specific leaf ...

The effect of seed ingestion by two species of iguana (Iguana iguana and Ctenosaura pectinata) on germination and on seed damage by insects was investigated in a Mexican tropical dry forest. We fed ...

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