Many of us are familiar with rainforests; lush and exotic environments that serve as the pinnacle of life on Earth. For the most part we assume these only occur throughout the tropics, but as it turns ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. They have high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year. Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and ...

However, all is not lost, as experts say that there is still a chance to save Britain's hidden rainforests. Less than one per cent of the UK is now home to temperate rainforests. The remaining ...

India's rainforest are lush with diverse ecosystems that play a crucial role in country's biodiversity and environmental ...

University of Queensland PhD candidate Julian Radford-Smith has spent the past two years studying the wood density, leaf size ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans. Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Rattan is a naturally renewable climbing palm typically used in furniture labeled as wicker, which is the term for how it's woven. And the price tag for this ...

Forests flanking Brazil's rivers act as "highways" that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows. The two rainforests ...

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