Claire Gely receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Susan Laurance works for James Cook University that runs the Daintree Rainforest Observatory. Susan Laurance has received ARC funding ...

Camera trap photos show arboreal animals living hundreds of feet above the ground Ashley Goetz Conservation biologist Tremie Gregory climbs a tree in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest to set up a camera ...

Closed-canopy rainforests are a vital part of the Earth's modern ecosystems, but tropical plants don't preserve well in the fossil record so it is difficult to tell how long these habitats have ...

The space laser GEDI has allowed researchers to 3D map Earth's rainforests for the first time ever, helping us understand the forest canopy and providing vital information for understanding Earth's ...

The habitats beneath tropical forest canopies contain some of the most biodiverse ecosystems found anywhere on the planet. According to the U.S. National Park Service, tropical rainforests are home to ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

High in the rainforest canopy, a network of fungal threads links the roots of orchids in a kind of suspended, bark-bound network. This shared community of symbiotic fungi could make life away from the ...

How much is a rain forest worth? Until recently the answer was: virtually nothing. A tropical rain forest provides habitat for untold species of animals and varieties of plants; modulates the climate ...