Wander through a tropical rainforest in the heart of Memphis. The Youth Education and Tropical Plant House features a ...

Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried ...

Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

Patchouli thrives in Indonesia’s tropical climate, which supplies over 80% of the global market. Prices for one kilogram of patchouli oil for farmers can be up to 2.4 million rupiah ($147).

A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of rainforest while helping local communities ...

Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

Janaki Ammal’s passion for plants extended beyond the laboratory. She was deeply committed to the conservation of India’s rich biodiversity. In the 1970s, she played a pivotal role in the movement to ...

Brazil has declared a nationwide environmental emergency to prevent another devastating fire season in 2025. In 2024, ...