Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. All tropical rainforests have similar characteristics including climate ...

A rainforest is typically made up of four key layers: emergent, upper canopy, understory, and forest floor. In the top emergent layer, trees as tall as 200 feet (60 meters) grow far apart and tall ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees ...

For flying lemurs, the rainforest canopy is more than just a home—it’s a complex network of highways. The dense upper layers of the forest connect trees like bridges, creating safe passage for ...

Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy, the under canopy and the forest floor. There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion ...

A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

The exhibit features an interactive maze that takes visitors through the four vital layers of ... monkeys through the canopy Test their leaping abilities in comparison to rainforest frogs Identify ...