The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the ...

The Amazon rainforest is widely considered to be one of the most amazing ecosystems on the planet. With millions of different plants, animals, insects, fungi, and other things living here (many of ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Study finds Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are now generating carbon instead.

A road closure threatens access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rainforest this summer. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works After a months-long closure, Jefferson County has secured some of the ...

Walk through the moss-laden trails of the Hoh Rain Forest, marvel at the massive sea stacks of Rialto Beach, and take in sweeping summit views from Hurricane Ridge. Feast on local Salish Sea seafood ...

Tanzanian scientists have uncovered an exciting new species of tree, as relayed by Phys.org. According to the findings, which were published in Phytotaxa, the Tessmannia princeps appears to grow very ...

The Upper Hoh Rain Forest road is finally set to open again. That means that Washington’s iconic temperate rainforest, one of the most-visited parts of Olympic National Park, will reopen on Thursday, ...