Rainforest News

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Indigenous Peoples at Forefront of Climate Change Offer Lessons on Plant Biodiversity

Posted February 23, 2012:

• Illegal Orangutan Trader Prosecuted

Posted February 20, 2012:

• 300-Million-Year-Old Forest Discovered Preserved in Volanic Ash

Posted February 17, 2012:

• NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees in a New Light

Posted February 16, 2012:

• Chimp Haven Gets an Upgrade
• New Hope for Threatened Freshwater Dolphins in Asia

Posted February 14, 2012:

• Super High-Resolution Carbon Estimates for Endangered Madagascar

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Nanotube Therapy Takes Aim at Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs
• New Species of Bamboo-Feeding Plant Lice Found in Costa Rica

Posted February 5, 2012:

• Land-Cover Changes Do Not Impact Glacier Loss

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Facebook Is Not Such a Good Thing for Those With Low Self-Esteem, Study Finds
• Yellow-Cedar Are Dying in Alaska: Scientists Now Know Why

Posted January 29, 2012:

• Good News About Carbon Storage in Tropical Vegetation

Posted January 27, 2012:

• NASA Sees a Weakening Cyclone Funso's 'Closed Eye'

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Temperate Freshwater Wetlands Are 'Forgotten' Carbon Sinks

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Fungi-Filled Forests Are Critical for Endangered Orchids

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Rare Miller's Grizzled Langur Rediscovered in Borneo

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Native Forest Birds in Hawaii in Unprecedented Trouble
• Speed Limit for Birds: Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure to Crash

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Impact of Land Use Activity in the Amazon Basin Evaluated

Posted January 11, 2012:

• World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea

Posted January 8, 2012:

• Better Way to Gauge Climate Costs of Land Use Changes

Posted January 7, 2012:

• New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Bird Smuggler Busted in Indonesia

Posted January 4, 2012:

• The Bechstein's Bat, More Mediterranean Than Thought

Posted December 22, 2011:

• Reclaiming Land After a Forest Fire
• Jaguar Photo Shows Conservation Success in Bolivia

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts, NASA Says

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Acid Rain Poses a Previously Unrecognized Threat to Great Lakes Sugar Maples
• Global Forests Are Overlooked as Water Suppliers, Study Shows
• Ultraviolet Rays Believed to Prevent Chickenpox Spreading

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Starving Orangutans Might Help to Better Understand Obesity and Eating Disorders in Humans

Posted December 12, 2011:

• The Case of the Dying Aspens
• Whole New Meaning for Thinking on Your Feet: Brains of Small Spiders Overflow Into Legs
• Tree Species Maps for European Forests

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Climate Change Driving Tropical Birds to Higher Elevations
• Link Between Earthquakes and Tropical Cyclones: New Study May Help Scientists Identify Regions at High Risk for Earthquakes

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Advanced Age Should Not Deter Women from Breast Reconstruction After Cancer, Study Indicates

Posted November 28, 2011:

• Sunlight in Tropical Forest Driving Force Behind Ecological Niches of Tree Species

Posted November 25, 2011:

• Small Forest With Big Impact: Fragmented Rainforests Maintain Their Ecological Functionality

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Amazon's Biodiversity: Clearing Up Doubts as to the Benefits of Ecotourism

Posted November 21, 2011:

• Carbon Nanotube Forest Camouflages 3-D Objects
• Predators Drive the Evolution of Poison Dart Frogs' Skin Patterns

Posted November 19, 2011:

• NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Deadly Tornadic Thunderstorms in Southeastern U.S.

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Satellite Images Help Species Conservation

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Five Rare Wild Cat Species Caught on Camera in Sumatra
• Deforestation Causes Cooling in Northern U.S., Canada, Study Finds

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Trees Adapt to Poor Levels of Sunlight to Effectively Process Carbon, Study Shows

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