While studying the impact of lightning on rainforests in Panama, a team of researchers discovered that one species of tree ...

On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.

The coastal drive will take you past the famous Twelve Apostles limestone stacks, through rainforests, and alongside stunning beaches. The area around the incredible Twelve Apostles just underwent ...

Tropical rainforests in Central and South America house one of the world’s most unique mammals, the slow-moving, tree-top dwelling sloth. The sloth’s endearing, round face combined with its incredibly ...

Summaries of past tropical cyclone seasons in Canada that include information about various storms, their paths and locations, as well as their impacts. Three storms of tropical origin affected ...

Channelling my inner Tarzan, and yodelling nothing like him, I kicked off from the floor and zoomed through the rainforest canopy ... hot tub surrounded by tropical jungle. Many people want ...

Now, Brazil is set to upstage the oil sheiks by bulldozing tens of thousands of acres of “protected rainforest” to ... half of the planet’s remaining tropical forests, the forest is also ...