The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique ...

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

The Sinú River in northwestern Colombia is a kind of bloodstream from which life emanates. Its heart lies within Paramillo ...

During my 2023-24 IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller Centennial Fellowship research in eastern Panama, I walked through my neighbor ...

In waters as acidic as vinegar—at a pH of 4—a small, resilient fish known as the Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti), meanders ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African rainforests dated to around 18,000 years ago. The ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

Xishuangbanna is home to China's most well-preserved tropical rainforest ecosystem and is known as the "Kingdom of Flora and Fauna" and the "World Gene Pool." The region's diverse ethnic groups ...

A century of research on Barro Colorado Island has contributed to our understanding of forest ecology. Researchers from Utah ...

A new "natural capital account" for Colombia's Upper Sinú Basin calculates the economic value of its natural ecosystems' erosion control ...