If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Nature study reveals surprising similarities among the most common tree species in tropical rainforests in Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is covered in rainforest and savanna, but poachers and militia groups often roam freely in the country's wilderness areas as years of armed conflict and government ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant idea was that ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is covered in rainforest and savannah, but years of armed conflict and government neglect have taken their toll. Poachers and militia groups often roam freely in the ...

Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent ...

Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

Sheltering an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, including western lowland gorillas and forest elephants, is a vast, little-visited tropical rainforest known as the ‘lungs of Africa’.