Thirty-five percent of these plant species are found nowhere else in the world. The clearing of forest land by humans is the primary threat to the Malaysian rainforest ecosystem and its inhabitants.

Picture this: a shadow glides silently above the tangled treetops of a Malaysian rainforest ... in slow motion above the forest floor. For flying lemurs, the rainforest canopy is more than ...

A tropical rainforest ... help to keep the forest floor clear of dead leaves and other debris. This not only helps to maintain the health of the trees and other plants in the forest but also ...

A rainforest is typically ... is a low-light layer dominated by shorter plants with broad leaves, such as palms and philodendrons. On the dark forest floor, few plants are able to grow and ...

above the shaded forest floor - in the layers. Each tropical rainforest canopy layer harbors its own unique plant and animal species interacting with the ecosystem around them. The primary ...

As bulldozers roar and chainsaws whine, the silence left behind grows heavier, threatening not just the tapir, but the entire rainforest ... plant species, enriching the forest floor.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—There are macaques everywhere—climbing on the rocks, grooming one another as they sit on the forest floor ... my way along a dense rainforest path with the noisy ...

So how does this underground superstar survive beneath the forest floor? Plants grow by using their ... with partners from Indonesia and Malaysia who outlined this discovery.

Responding to allegations by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam ... abutting tropical rainforest. Oil palm plantation abutting logged over forest in Borneo. The Forestry Department ...

One of the ways Malaysia is trying to do this is through canopy walkways, revealing a world high above the rain forest floor. They take the form of freestanding steel structures or swinging ...