Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, looked at the insect biodiversity of Kibale National Park in Uganda. The study, published in the journal Insect Conservation ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide range of insects and other invertebrates in the Bornean tropical rainforest ...

Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. However, over half ...

Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

Rainforests are among the planet’s most vital ecosystems, often called the Earth’s lungs for their ability to absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide, release oxygen, and regulate global temperatures ...

With the help of databases, the researchers managed to build a model that examines how soil humidity impacts the survival of plants as a function of the density of trees from the same species. (photo: ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Congo Basin rainforest delivers water to the Ethiopian Highlands, supplying 80% of the Nile's flow Africa's population ...

Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to recent research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of forests reduces ...

Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, looked at the insect biodiversity of Kibale National Park in Uganda. A study based on long-term collecting gives new ...

A new study by Dr Tom M. Fayle of Queen Mary University of London, Dr Kalsum M. Yusah of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Jiri Tuma of the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech ...