Deep beneath the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world, there is a boiling river. The small tributary is […] ...

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...

we further found that liana species richness was the main indicator of sustaining EMF in a tropical rainforest, while soil bacterial diversity was the primary driving factor. Discussion: Our findings ...

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a greenhouse in Sydney.

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. Leticia Yawanawa has an ambitious plan ...

Hoatzins are rigorously vegan, benefiting from plants, blossoms, and leafy foods normally found in large gatherings close to water bodies like bogs and mangroves. The hoatzin is the public bird of ...

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause ... as Kim Lea Holzmann and Pedro Alonso-Alonso have found out for themselves. Both are doing their doctoral theses ...