If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Officials are making a hard push to eradicate the invasive rhododendron plants that have taken over parts of the Scottish ...

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

It shows that during the years of vegetation loss, the rainforest shifted from a carbon sink, that is, a storer of carbon dioxide, to a carbon emitter, before eventually stabilizing.

The rainforest's intricate ecological relationships, such as those between ants and fungi, highlight its role in nutrient recycling. However, deforestation threatens this vital biome, which serves ...

Nature and Environment Brazil Rainforest Pharmacy - The Magical Plants of the Amazon 12/23/2024 For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants.

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...

Many rainforest plants are so tall it’s hard to collect seed from them – the team uses long poles, ladders, or even people abseiling out of a helicopter. Karen would like to try collecting via ...

These canopy trees can grow to 115 and 164 feet (35 and 50 meters) tall respectively, and are "the main frame-builders of the forest," said Robert Kooyman, a plant biologist at Macquarie ...

TREEMENDOUS The free ‘indoor rainforest’ attraction with giant exotic plants found in the middle of a UK city It's home to exotic fish and over 1,500 species of tropical plants and trees Ryan Gray ...