The Sinú River in northwestern Colombia is a kind of bloodstream from which life emanates. Its heart lies within Paramillo ...

NASA laser data reveals how climate change is reducing tropical forest canopy height, with dry seasons driving major changes.

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

Rain forests receive >1500 mm of rainfall annually, whereas seasonal or dry tropical forests receive less rain and have a distinct dry season. Large areas of tropical forests have been cleared due ...

"Our study demonstrates that climate, topography, and soil properties account for almost three-quarters of the variation in tropical forest canopy height. We also found the elevation, dry season, and ...

The study maps how the types of trees vary across tropical moist and dry forests, which host most of Earth's tree species. The findings show that tree traits are strongly shaped by long-term ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

Reserva Conchal produces more than 25,000 plants per year in an effort to bolster Costa Rica's native tropical dry forests.

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new research ...

The property represents centres of endemism in the dry tropical and subtropical biomes of Madagascar with its western dry forests and south-western dry thorny forests and thickets that have evolved in ...