In recent years, tropical forests have received more attention and have been the subject of greater environmental concern than any other kind of vegetation. The

How much rain does a tropical rain forest receive each year? At least 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rain fall each year They're called rain forests for a reas

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a major role in regulating the global climate. They support the live

Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life—unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. "George makes d

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of ‘the rain forest’ as a single, uniform entity.