For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by ...

The tropical rainforest of Sabah never ceases to amaze us! Besides its unparalled beauty of various rainforest landscapes and amazing biodiversity richness, the forest is home to the world’s tallest ...

Viola H. A. Heinrich Stephen Sitch Thais M. Rosan Celso H. L. Silva-Junior Luiz E. O. C. Aragão ...

The proposed shipping tariff levied by US President Donald Trump’s executive order on Chinese-built vessels entering US ports will not affect US-headquartered Tropical Shipping thanks to strong ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment ... Environments like rainforest were considered ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest ... outweighing natural factors such as altitude, slope, and latitude. In addition to correlating ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest. Google Earth Image © Airbus 2025 showing ...

Norman Bezona is professor emeritus, University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

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Most of the outfits were crafted from Philippine Tropical Fabrics (PTF). The DOST-PTRI developed yarns that blend natural textile fibers, such as pineapple leaf, banana, and abaca with cotton or ...

Fire is not a natural phenomenon in the Amazon ... pushing the agricultural frontier ever deeper into the rainforest. “The Amazon offers far more land than anywhere else. There are over 50 ...