The unusual strategy employed by this plant has caused people to hail it as a peacemaking hero of the Fijian rainforests.

“Modern neotropical rainforests, with their palms and spectacular flowering-plant diversity, seem to have come into existence in the Paleocene epoch, shortly after the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 ...

To grow in a tropical rainforest is to engage in constant warfare. Plants battle for resources, such as sunlight, water and minerals. Similar tree species compete for resources in the same ways ...

Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological processes of Earth’s biomes. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore ...

However, tropical rainforest canopies are battlegrounds for survival. Ants compete fiercely for nesting space, taking over ...

For decades, scientists and conservationists have been using aboveground plant biodiversity as a metric for conserving ...

Plant-Inhabiting Ant Utilizes Chemical Cues for Host Discrimination. Biotropica, 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00786.x ...

Citations M. Betts. Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online March 2, 2015. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419522112.

Visiting the rainforest – a practical guide Visiting a tropical rainforest promises to be a memorable experience. Rainforests house around half the world’s plant and animal species and are ...

Some of the other animals found in tropical rainforests are snakes, frogs, birds, cougars, gorillas, chameleons, jaguars, and turtles. Here are 17 animals that only live in the Amazon Rainforest.