Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Say tropical decor and you immediately picture the 1980s at its worst. Tiki bars: umbrellas in syrupy cocktails, scratchy woven seats, and, inexplicably, musty wall-to-wall carpeting. Back then, ...

A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come.

Humans were living in a tropical rainforest in West Africa 150,000 years ago. The finding pushes human habitation of tropical forests much further back in time, suggesting our ancestors were able ...

Located in South America, the Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, spanning approximately 5.5 million square kilometres. It stretches across nine countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a tourist from Wisconsin they say got lost in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque in the U.S. territory's east.

A Wisconsin man has been reported missing after he got separated from his tourist group while hiking in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque of Puerto Rico. Police told the Associated Press in ...

Rainforest Café is a restaurant chain designed as a tropical rainforest, complete with plants, waterfalls, sound effects and life-like figures of rainforest animals.

A diversity of phenological strategies has been reported for tropical tree species. Defoliation and seasonal dormancy of cambial activity inform us on how trees cope with water stress during the dry ...