But when we drilled down further, we found the real problem. Barely 25% of the world's remaining tropical rainforests are still of high quality. For threatened species and those in decline ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet ... Under canopy A lower level of trees that only receives around 2 to 15 per cent of the sunlight falling on the forest. Frogs and snakes thrive in the ...

Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of ...

A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects ...

These areas include the bottom of the Earth’s oceans, but also the canopy of the planet’s rainforests. Rather having herds of explorers clamber around in the upper reaches of these forests to ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical ... of Peru's rainforest is not just a disaster for Peru. The whole world relies ...