However, not every tropical rainforest can claim exact characteristics when compared by region or realm and there are rarely clear defining boundaries. Many may blend with adjoining mangrove ...

Rather having herds of explorers clamber around in the upper reaches of these forests to take measurements, researchers decided to use LiDAR to create a 3D map of these forests (press release).

The United States has about 193 million acres of land preserved within 155 different national forests, but El Yunque National ...

In this article, we'll travel into the tropical rainforest to see what makes it such a bountiful environment for plants and animals and the thousands of species we have yet to discover.

The bloom of the purple orchid tree, native to south China, growing inside the Garfield Park Conservatory on the southside of Indianapolis on Jan. 13. The Conservatory contains more than 10,000 ...