Light and temperature. Thanksgiving cactus is a "short day" plant: to produce flower buds, they need shorter days (or fewer ...

Growing a rattlesnake plant successfully involves replicating its tropical origins with the right light, temperature, water, ...

Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.

Temperate rainforests need to take their place alongside tropical rainforests and the boreal forests of the north as strategically vital to a safe climate." ...

Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of the world's diet originating from these lush, tropical areas. Here's a ...

Typically, closely related animal species have difficulty coexisting because they are competing for similar resources.

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the ...

Squeezed-out Amazon smallholders seek new frontiers in Brazil’s Roraima state ...

Dutch researcher and tree expert Hans ter Steege is the founder of the Amazon Tree Diversity Network, which brings together ...

Tropical Storm Henri, downgraded from a hurricane earlier Sunday, spread across Connecticut throughout the day, bringing soaking rain, flash flooding, high wind gusts and scattered power outages ...

Watch Asia, episode four on BBC One from Sunday 24 November at 6.20pm In 1966 there were only around 100 greater one-horned ...