In a rainforest teeming with competition, one tree has discovered how to turn catastrophe into advantage. In Panama’s dense ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

In response, conservationists are working to safeguard biodiversity strongholds such as tropical rainforests ... or stopping the rate at which trees are felled, rainforest habitat can be preserved.

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.