Rain forests receive >1500 mm of rainfall annually, whereas seasonal or dry tropical forests receive less rain and have a distinct dry season. Large areas of tropical forests have been cleared due ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical ...

Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's ...

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study ...

An area of almost 1,900 square kilometres in Brazil’s imperilled Atlantic Forest was chopped down over the course of a single decade, primarily as a result of agricultural expansion 1.