Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

With its sprawling canopy and diverse flora and fauna, the Amazon rainforest makes for the best playground for adventure ...

The Amazon is being deliberately destroyed. Trees that have stood for hundreds of years are ... Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. It covers some 5.5 million square kilometres, and spans nine countries. It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National ... groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic ...

The Amazon is being deliberately destroyed. Trees that have stood for hundreds of years are ... Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose ...