Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and ...

During my 2023-24 IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller Centennial Fellowship research in eastern Panama, I walked through my neighbor ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

Led by COP30 host Brazil, 12 countries are finalising a fund that aims to raise US$125 billion for tropical forest ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

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Almendro’ (Dipteryx oleifera), a tropical tree native to Panama’s rainforests, has stunned scientists with its surprising reaction to lightning: it thrives. While most trees might wither or ...

Panama tree uses lightning to eliminate rivals Balsa trees get struck more than neighboring species Trees’ tissue may attract more lightning ...

While most knowledge on this issue comes from studies conducted in Europe, most insect species inhabit in tropical rainforests, where understanding remains surprisingly limited. In tropical ...

It stretches across six Central African countries - Cameroon ... The Congo Basin forms part of a global trio of tropical rainforests - along with the Amazon and Borneo-Mekong regions - which ...

AFP via Getty Images The direction of tropical storms is affected by the behavior of the Bermuda-Azores high — a semi-permanent, highly pressurized, subtropical area in the North Atlantic Ocean.