The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Most of us know pine forests are different than jungles. There's a reason the world's forests are so distinct, yet there are ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

Researchers developed a cost-effective way to collect DNA from species high in the rainforest canopy: they hung umbrellas to collect rainwater that washed through the trees. The method revealed 562 ...

A tropical system off the Southeast coast is drifting northwest into the open Atlantic, easing the threat of heavy rain for the Carolinas, where several inches — and possibly double-digit totals in ...

The world’s forests are shrinking. TIME recently published a series titled “Why The Amazon Rain Forest Is Almost ...

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Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of ...

Researchers studied rainforests in northeastern Australia. These wet rainforests are very dense, and their canopies help cool down their ecosystems and store large amounts of carbon. Robert Linsdell ...

When it comes to capturing carbon, trees have always been our go-to. But a sinister switch is underway. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that moist tropical forests in Australia are now ...

Two tropical disturbances in the Gulf and near Florida had no chance of becoming named storms, according to forecasters. But one could help raise chances, at least a little, for much-needed rain in ...