KS3/GCSE Geography. Ecosystems and biomes. A short film exploring the plants and animals of tropical rainforest biome.

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

Predating the Amazon, Australia's Daintree Rainforest is a 135-million-year-old marvel. Discover the ancient biodiversity ...

This video shows two southern cassowaries standing deep inside a tropical rainforest in Queensland, Australia. Their bright blue necks, dark feathers, and large helmet-like casques make them look ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...

A new study published in Nature, led by ecologists from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), finds that intensifying El Niño events, driven by climate change, ...

Rainforests are thick forests that get lots of rain and support a huge amount of biodiversity. They are essential for climate ...

Scientists used to believe early humans largely stayed away from Africa's dense tropical rainforests. However, a new ...

Soils of rainforests: Characterization of major constraints of dominant forest soils in the humid tropics / S. Kauffman, W.G. Sombroek and S. Mantel -- The World Reference Base for Soil Resources: An ...

A sweeping study of tropical insects found that many species may struggle to survive rising global temperatures.

Tropical forests, often described as the lungs of the planet, may be edging closer to a dangerous threshold as droughts ...