A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

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The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a new report on near-term ...

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads ...

Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show.

New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights ...

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