The Amazon basin, almost the size of the continental United States, represents half of the world’s tropical rainforest and 12 percent of its total forest cover. It also is one of the planet’s most ...
Scientists have visited the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest after three years of planning, five expeditions and an arduous two-week trek through dense jungle. The tree is the tallest ...
A new study says tree distribution in the rainforest is highly dependent on species’ method of seed dispersal. The research could help explain how a large number of rainforest trees can coexist in a ...