On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change, sparking concerns about their long-term ...

One travel enthusiast has encourage people to visit a 'magical' Devon rainforest which boasts a waterfall and incredible ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

The tropical rainforest is a dangerous place for small birds ... strategy of mimicking the defensive signaling of a harmful species as Batesian mimicry. For example, some non-venomous milk snakes have ...

The dispersal and speciation of rattan palms are also closely related to the geographical characteristics of tropical Asian regions, such as geographical isolation or area. The high number of species ...

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In December, the one road leading to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest, the quietest place in the country, closed indefinitely due to washout damage. Local agencies were having trouble ...

Large swathes of protected Amazon rainforest has been cut down to build a road for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. The road, which is aiming to ease traffic ahead of the ...