(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered two new species of boulder-dwelling frogs, hidden in remote areas of rainforest in north-east Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2011
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperate forests of Canada or Northern Europe may have much more in common with the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia or South America than commonly believed, according to a research group led by ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2011
0
0
Deforestation in the rainforests of West Africa reduces rainfall over the rest of the forest, according to new University of Leeds research published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Environment
Sep 19, 2011
8
1
Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money?
Archaeology
Sep 15, 2011
0
0
Organisms discovered by Yale undergraduates growing within fungi in the Amazon Rainforest can degrade polyurethane, a findings that may lead to innovative ways to reduce waste in the world's landfills.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2011
2
0
Climate change disasters, such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, dieback of the Amazon rainforest or collapse of the Atlantic overturning circulation, could be predicted according to University of Exeter research.
Environment
Jun 19, 2011
8
0
Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2011
0
0
Survival in the depths of the tropical rainforest not only depends on a species' ability to defend itself, but can be reliant on the type of cooperation researchers discovered between ants and tropical trees. The research, ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2011
1
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from The University of Manchester are among a group of researchers investigating how genetic differences among individuals contribute to the way ecological communities form, interact and change ...
Other
Apr 7, 2011
1
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian bushfires appeared 50 million years earlier than previously thought and probably contributed to transforming the landscape from rainforest into the country’s dry eucalypt forests of today, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2011
5
0
