While Menara currently holds the title of the tallest tropical tree, researchers speculate that even taller specimens may ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

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

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall over southeast Queensland on Saturday evening and has weakened into a trough that extends into NSW. The NSW SES (State Emergency Service) is leading the ...

In a new study published today in leading journal Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global partners, combine results from two newly discovered ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset, humid air ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to wreak havoc more than 24 hours after it made landfall between Brisbane and Maroochydore on Saturday. Authorities have warned that south-east Queensland and ...

Jude was a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean Sunday morning, Central Africa Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of ...

The Australian prime minister has warned there is "worse to come" after a low tropical weather system brought heavy rain, strong winds and flooding to the country's east coast. Anthony Albanese ...