A tropical rainforest biome climate is an environment found near the Earth's equator, in locations such as South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, characterized by high temperatures and high ...

The Largest Tropical Rainforest . The largest unbroken stretch of rainforest is found in the Amazon river basin of South America. Over half of this forest lies in Brazil, which holds about one ...

The rainforests of Central and South America are home to over 100,000 different species of plants, more than anywhere else on Earth. | Credit: BBC A rainforest is a tropical or subtropical forest ...

The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique climate, characterized by abundant rainfall and sunlight. Despite its ...

Tropical rainforests are vital regions for our planet. They encompass 3 billion acres (1.2 billion hectares), or around 6%, of Earth's surface area, and are home to half of the world's animal and ...

The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation will start charging admission fees to the Pana­‘ewa Rainforest Zoo and ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

Lianas are spreading in tropical forests, harming trees and cutting carbon storage. They thrive on rising CO2 and show up in ...

Discover the importance of rainforests, Earth's life-support system, and how you can help protect them for a sustainable ...

“A rainforest can spring up in one to three years—it can be brushy and hard to walk through,” said Matthew Fagan, a conservation scientist and geographer at the University of Maryland ...

Forest floor – The forest floor is the darkest of the layers of the rainforest. Smaller plants and shrubs grow here in patches of light. Even though tropical rainforests are found along or close ...

Thousands of tropical rainforest plants and animals are endangered, and scientists continue to work with conservationists to ...