Rangers trained during the course are now integral to this mission. In Valle Nuevo National Park, they assist in monitoring ...

Landmark study maps tropical forests' canopy traits, revealing functional diversity and ecological strategies across the globe.

In the tropical forests of Panama, a towering tree thrives, growing even stronger after enduring lightning strikes.

Rising temperatures and increasingly irregular rainfall are forcing tropical forests to adapt, but they may not be able to ...

To date, agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa has mainly been driven by small-scale subsistence farmers. Yet since ...

The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...