The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest ...

Tropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to new satellite ...

Some remarkable trees in tropical forests seem to have developed strategies not only to survive lightning strikes but also to ...

In Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – the only bureau of the Smithsonian outside the United States – ...

The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with global warming and El Niño ...

Lianas are dominating tropical forests. When lianas gain the upper hand, there are serious consequences that affect forest ...

Indonesia saw 258,000 hectares of primary forest lost in 2024, slightly down from the 290,000 ha in the previous year, ...

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread ... can be measured in many different ways, and previous research often focused on small areas. That, Saatchi says ...

Fires emitted 4.1 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases, more than four times the emissions from all commercial air travel in 2023 ...

New GLAD Lab data shows fire was the leading driver of tropical deforestation ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Forest loss around ...

Intense, persistent heat waves and severe drought are making devastating forest fires more likely. But new approaches can ...