Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

As 2025 begins, the future of the world’s tropical forests hangs in the balance, shaped by a confluence of political, economic, and environmental forces. From the Amazon to Southeast Asia and the ...

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all ...

When you sip a cup of coffee or use a rubber band, you’re benefiting from tropical forests. These lush ecosystems provide countless products we rely on daily — from food to materials like wood and ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, ...

Scientists from an international project are racing to figure out what kills these anchors of their ecosystems—before it’s too late to save them Ellyn Lapointe - Freelance Writer When hunting for the ...

The Smithsonian Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global network of scientists and forest research sites dedicated to advancing long-term study of the world's forests. Image credit: ...

Imagine an area twice the size of the island of Madagascar. An area where nature no longer functions in the way that it should: where forests have been cleared, where rivers and streams no longer ...

What do the landscape painters of Canada and northern Europe have in common? Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern ...