These unique monkeys live in large, social groups of up to 500 members and inhabit the canopy layer of the rainforest. They are small animals at only 10 to 14 inches long, with a 14 to 17-inch ...

Lenore Fahrig, a biology professor at Carleton University, Canada, and one of the main proponents of the idea that small forest fragments do just as much as large blocks of forest, disagrees. In ...

Scientists have studied a forest in Panama over a 100-year period to build a long-term picture of its regeneration, and found a heightened focus on plant-animal interactions may be our best course ...

The study found that young regenerating forests were made up mostly of trees dispersed by small birds. But as the forest aged, trees dispersed by larger birds increased. Surprisingly, however, across ...

Camouflage is a tool that insects and animals use as a defense mechanism. If they can blend in with their surroundings, they can hide their movement and location. “In regions with such intense ...

A small statue of St. Francis sits on a stump holding court in Julie and John Christensen’s forest in Corbett. The patron saint of animals and ecology is at home among the couple’s 70 acres of ...