By Ryan St Laurent, University of Colorado Boulder To the untrained eye, the Florida scrub ecosystem isn’t much to look at.

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

Though the Indian Ocean archipelago encompasses over 1,000 islands, consider visiting Baa Atoll, a UNESCO-protected biosphere since 2011 that is home to one of the largest coral reef groups in the ...

Theri Kaadu’s striking landscape is not just a trick of the light; those vibrant red dunes, known locally as teri sands, are ...

Madurai: In a surprising find, researchers have recorded a rich diversity of butterflies in the dry, thorny scrub forests of Kodimangalam Reserve Forest near Nagamalai in Madurai district, a habitat ...

Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, down 36% from 2024, but the decline may reflect fewer fires rather than sustained progress. Despite the drop, the world still lost an area of ...

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the ...

An extra helping of nitrogen can double the growth of tropical trees in a recovering forest, vastly boosting the amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2) they can absorb for a decade, according to a new study.

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face deforestation. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Preventing illegal road building could ...

Brazil is home to some of the planet’s largest areas of tropical forest, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest, on the country’s eastern coast, once covered 350 million acres, but ...

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina. Over the years, ...