The hours of recordings, now available to the public, can be used to monitor species and detect elephant poachers. Fifty microphones captured a cacophony of sounds from Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National ...

A recent study from Brazil shows that heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in tree species found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. Leaves heat up faster than the ambient air, ...

One of the great environmental issues of today is deforestation, with millions of hectares of forest lost across the planet in the past 30 years. This deforestation affects not only people living in ...

Rainforests are far more vulnerable than predicted in the past, researchers find, warning areas that are disturbed or fragmented lack resilience to climate warming and drought KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 ...

The new Tropical Forest Vulnerability Index (TFVI) will use satellite data to assess the impact of growing threats such as land clearance and rising temperatures on forests. Backed by the National ...

They are home to millions of indigenous people whose lives, livelihoods and cultures are directly linked to forest health. And yet approximately 67,000 square kilometres of tropical forests ...

It’s late at night and I’m lying absolutely still. The hot air is so humid that sweat stings my eyes. All is dark. Cocooned behind insect netting in a cabin, I’m immersed in the forest’s sounds. The ...

A calling male túngara frog with a large inflated vocal sac. By 2050, almost 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban environments, according to the United Nations. But as cities spread ...