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 ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

Peru’s boiling river reaches 210°F, killing animals instantly. Scientists found biodiversity drops by 11% for every 1.8°F ...

Riverside forests help trees migrate between Amazon and Atlantic forests, shaping biodiversity over millions of years.

Riverside forests in Brazil have facilitated continuous tree migration between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests. DNA ...

This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on Earth. Oh, it's really raining and very warm! Plants grow well here because it's so hot and wet. This tree has its own microhabitat.

The Daintree and other tropical rainforests, including those in the Amazon, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia, have been called the "lungs" of our Earth. They absorb carbon dioxide from the air ...