Tropical forests populated with a diversity of seed-dispersing animals can accumulate carbon up to four times as fast as fragmented forests where these animals are absent or their movement is ...

Just a few species could determine the future of tropical forests by dispersing seeds that are essential for their ...

The Great African Seaforest is the world’s only “sea bamboo” forest, a vast underwater jungle stretching more than 1,000 ...

Artificial walkways in the Amazon rainforest aren't only being used by researchers and tourists to safely traverse the canopy. It turns out that these passages are also convenient for the local ...

There are estimated to be only about 300 of the animals in the Lower 48. This research is helping scientists zero in on Idaho ...

Scientists use long-term monitoring of natural areas to help them understand environmental changes. Oklahoma surveyors are ...

An aerial view of regenerating secondary tropical forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama. Credit: Christian Ziegler, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior The world faces a climate ...

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: ...