A keystone species of Panamanian forests, D. oleifera fruits and seeds are a crucial food source for rainforest mammals such as agouti during the dry season. Credit Evan Gora / Cary Institute of ...

Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island of Borneo, and reveals a ...

The tropical rainforest has nurtured this "pool" for millions of years to become the exclusive home for 170,000 of the world's 250,000 known plant species. What Is Tropical Rainforest Biodiversity?

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. According to a newly published study in ZooKeys Journal, the discovery was made at the Allpahuayo-Mishana National ...

SOS: Saving Keystone Species : 1A What do bison, beaver, wolves and sea otters all have in common? They're keystone species. That means they have an outsized impact on their ecosystem. It took ...

Reyna-Hurtado and Beck, both of whom consider the white-lipped peccary a keystone species, say the ongoing decline will drive further changes on the rainforest floor, as well as reduced diversity ...

The future of freshwater fish species in Australia's tropical rainforest areas, including the Daintree and Mosman Gorge, will increasingly be subject to the vagaries of climatic and other changes.

The rainforest of Lopé National Park in central Gabon is one of the last safe havens for the endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). But in a new study in Science, researchers warn that ...

A colorful species of spider that was previously unknown to science has been discovered in the Amazon Rainforest.. Scientists found the new species of giant crab spider at a research station ...

Studies show that there are currently more than 3,600 species of vascular plants belonging to 220 families in the tropical forests of Hainan. Of these, 428 species occur only in Hainan.

Whitebark pine, or Pinus albicaulis, is a keystone tree species found in the greater Yellowstone area, ... MORE: Researchers discover another way tropical forests could suffer due to climate change.