Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this.

For millions of years, tree species have spread from the Amazon to Atlantic rainforests across a region that’s too arid for them to grow. How exactly they make this challenging journey has been ...

Riverside forests help trees migrate between Amazon and Atlantic forests, shaping biodiversity over millions of years.

The idea of a river that is so hot it boils its victims alive might sound like something from a tale from Greek mythology. But believe it or not, it's a reality, deep in the heart of the Amazon. The ...

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

For an alternative type of break on the water, winding your way inland might sound similar but it’s a vastly different ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water.Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic ...

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.

More than a third of the Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) – including the tundra, forests, and wetlands around the Arctic Circle – is pushing out carbon rather than sucking it up, according to new research ...

U.S. funding for policing that has targeted illegal logging, mining and other issues that have damaged the rainforest.

Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of ...