A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

Tree kangaroos, which live high up in the tall rainforest trees of New Guinea and Australia, are usually very hard to spot ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...

Scientists discover Tessmannia princeps, a new tree species in Tanzania’s rainforest, possibly over 3,000 years old and ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest ...

Tropical rainforests ... tallest trees in the forest, some over 50 m in height. Parrots and bats live here. Parrots have sharp beaks to crack open nuts and large toes to grip the tall trees ...

The following adaptations allow plants to survive in the conditions of the rainforest ... Tree trunks - these are tall and thin to allow trees to reach the sunlight. The bark on these trees ...

The team suggests that the species' unique height and broad crown might make it more likely to attract lightning strikes. Dipteryx oleifera trees are 68 percent more likely to be struck by lightning ...

Asking, at every turn, what makes these trees epically singular in nature ... and water from another more healthier tree. Being so tall, they're kind of vulnerable like a skyscraper to being ...