New Guinea is home to at least 5% of the world's animal and plant species, including unique wildlife like tree-climbing kangaroos ...

The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, spans 2.3 million square miles across nine South American countries. The second largest, the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa, covers 780,000 ...

Last week, Mongabay published a recap of the major trends in the world’s tropical rainforests for 2023. Here’s a glimpse into some of the key issues to monitor in 2024. The deforestation rate ...

Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist of the U.S group Wild Heritage, and one of the authors of the study, added, "All the world's rainforests are the 'lungs of the planet' that must be ...

Dr Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist of the U.S group Wild Heritage, and one of the authors of the study, added: “All the world’s rainforests are the ‘lungs of the planet’ that must ...

Explain how animals and plants adapt to these conditions.) Rainforests have a similar climate all year. The temperature changes very little across the year but there is greater variations with ...

The study emphasizes that there is still time to reduce climate impact on temperate rainforests through concerted global efforts to cut emissions. The researchers identified regions with the highest ...