Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

Bezos is backing Slate in its bid to bring an affordable electric pickup to America. In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won the ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

If, like me, you live in a cooler region, you might think that growing mandevilla is out of the realm of the possible. After ...

These habitats characterised by high rainfall and dense, diverse vegetation are thought to be in tropical places only, like the Amazon ... rainforest make it perfect for scare plants, lichens ...

Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, with a variety of endangered wildlife and plants, including orangutans, elephants, the endemic bird Maleo, and giant forest flowers.

It is easy to find plants and flowers that grow well in the sun - in fact, most rely on sunlight to grow. However, for many of us there will always be areas of our garden which are shaded and it ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is a sprawling expanse of biodiversity. Beyond its towering trees and verdant foliage, it hosts an incredible variety of wildlife, ...

(AP Video by Fadlan Syam) SIMBORO, Indonesia (AP) — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants ... as ...

Parts of Amazon rainforest (Vale do Javari ... scientists believe that this area is home to many undiscovered species of plants and animals. The challenge lies in the difficulty of access and ...

Just try not to judge if you see someone wandering in their jammies. Here are plants and flowers to enjoy, one for every month of the year, from lilacs, camellias and poinsettias to native ...