To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

Adventuring through the jungle is on my travelers' bucket lists, but don't do it until you've brushed up on these things to always avoid in the rainforest.

Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests Date: December 9, 2024 Source: University of Queensland Summary: New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around ...

ANTANANARIVO (JANUARY 11, 2025) – Families and children in northern Madagascar are bracing for a deadly tropical storm, with fears of massive gusts of winds, violent storms and flooding, which have ...

Tropical cyclones may be linked to infant mortality in at-risk low- and middle-income countries, new research suggests. Hurricanes and typhoons may get stronger due to climate change, scientists say.

Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.

Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly ...

The oldest firm evidence of humans in African rainforests dated back just 18,000 years. But the acidic soils in tropical forests could have destroyed the bones before they turned to fossils, and ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...

Old termite mounds in Bornean rainforests support significantly higher invertebrate diversity and abundance, especially ants, compared to surrounding soil. This effect persists in both undisturbed ...

But like most of Earth's tropical rainforests, The Choco is under threat. Widespread deforestation for agriculture, logging, and human settlements has pushed this incredible ecosystem to the brink ...

Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests. University of Queensland. Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2413325121 ...