Green animals also live there - bugs, caterpillars, bees, beetles, lizards, parrots, and snakes make their homes in the rainforest ... the tropical ones are usually found on ‘house plants’.

When we think of plants, we often think of those that provide food, such as juicy fruits and nutritious vegetables, as well ...

J. Leighton Reid received a $600,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development  Program award to research ...

Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of the world's diet originating from these lush, tropical areas. Here is a ...

Rain forest restoration holds much promise ... following human disturbance varies greatly across tropical forests systems. Tropical forest plants regenerate either from sources from within the ...

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests ... a 'new' species of animal or plant is being discovered in the Amazon every other day. However, tragically, because ...

From the Amazon to Germany’s Black Forest, here are most beautiful forests in the world to soak in all the leafy loveliness.

A groundbreaking research project is finally building the tools to translate just how whales and other creatures communicate.

This would have been cooler than tropical rainforests we might typically think of - such as the Amazon rainforest - but still able to support a rich, diverse eco-system of plant and animal life.

Green animals also live there - bugs, caterpillars, bees, beetles, lizards, parrots, and snakes make their homes in the rainforest ... the tropical ones are usually found on ‘house plants’.