Satellite images can be used to estimate how much carbon forests store as aboveground biomass (AGB) and how biomass varies in different forests. In a study published in the journal Nature, a team of ...

Zagreb is one of the most heavily forested EU capitals, and the green heart of Zagreb acts as the lungs of the urban side’s ...

The rise of the potato in the Andes appears to have left a lasting mark on human DNA. Indigenous Peruvians carry ...

Scientists from Brazil and other countries have discovered a new species of frog in the flooded forests of the western Amazon. They named it Adenomera varcena. This finding significantly advances our ...

Drawn by a warming climate, Canada’s furry national symbol is colonizing new territory, evading Inuit hunters and reshaping ...

Previous strong El Niños have tested the Amazon’s limits, causing lasting damage on top of the destruction wrought by deforestation and climate change. El Niño-related droughts fueled rampant ...

The enormous and slow-moving creatures are being pushed closer and closer to dangerous roadways. Here's how conservationists are thinking creatively to keep them safe.

The effects of climate on forest biomass differs among forests on with different histories on a continental scale Elisabeth King A tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with a high ...

Long before European contact, a sprawling, multicultural civilization flourished across the southwestern Amazon. It built massive ceremonial centers and transformed the rainforest. Scientists are only ...

By Amanda Magnani For decades, scientists have been trying to answer a key question: What would the Amazon rainforest look ...

Picture a tropical forest, and you probably see one thing: a dense, dripping, impossibly tall green wall repeating itself from the Amazon to the Congo to Borneo. A massive new satellite study says ...