Have you ever seen a small snake eating a large frog or a crocodile in the wild? Amazing photos and facts about Daintree ...

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this. Anyone conducting ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded close-up, extended videos of some rarely seen small nocturnal species in the rainforest canopies of Panama and Peru. Experts say the new technology may ...

Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of land without putting their paws on the ground. That's true in the Amazon ...

Amidst an alarming Ebola crisis, the Democratic Republic of Congo is reporting over 1,900 cases linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which no approved therapies are available. In a groundbreaking ...

Gloger's Rule, first proposed in 1833, suggests animals in warm and humid environments often develop darker pigmentation. Darker feathers and fur contain melanin, which can strengthen structures and ...

New canopy technology is giving scientists extended views of rarely seen nocturnal rainforest animals in Panama and Peru. The work could help conservationists understand species that live above human ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences will bring a bit of the rainforest to snowy Philadelphia next month with an enormous new exhibit featuring live plants and animals. "Under the Canopy" will take up ...

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Researchers have investigated how animals react to this. Anyone conducting research in ...

Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) The only member of its genus, and its genus is the only member of the subfamily Psittrichadinae. It is endemic to hill and montane rainforest in New Guinea© ...