Applied Food Sciences ( AFS) is proud to receive the Sello Chakra (Chakra Seal), a certification from the Amazonian Kichwa communities of Ecuador, in recognition of its integral role in sourcing raw ...

The Italian multinational Tozzi Green has begun planting trees on land that local residents claim was stolen from them ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) with crest raised in the Amazon rainforest at Lake Sandoval, Peru, South America ... They are able to ferment and break down plant matter in their stomachs, similar to ...

The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to ...

Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent occurrence in the ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ...

It takes its specific name, princeps, from the Latin term meaning “the most eminent”, because of the way that the tree grows above the rest of the rainforest ... the only plant species to ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not ...

March 25, 2025 • California is one of the few states with building codes for wildfire protection, because using fire-resistant materials helps homes survive. Now, more than 500 additional ...