The study maps how the types of trees vary across tropical moist and dry forests, which host most of Earth's tree species. The findings show that tree traits are strongly shaped by long-term ...

Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed ...

The satellite will create a 3D map of tropical forests after 17 months, then new (non-3D) maps every 9 months for the rest of the 5-year mission, providing insights normally hidden from human sight ...

A new WRI report finds deforestation in 2024, driven by fires, has nearly doubled compared to 2023, underscoring urgent calls ...

About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the nonprofit Belize Zoo ...

Tropical forests, often referred to as the "lungs of ... with the first complete map anticipated to be available nine months after launch. "We want to investigate these forests.

Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy, the under canopy and the forest floor.

The 2023 meeting marked the beginning of WCS’s partnership with the Brazilian government to create an innovative financing initiative to tackle this scenario: the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.