Rats are rarely thought of as heroes. In fact, in many parts of the world they are despised, while in others they serve largely as food. But, scientists are now discovering that many tropical forest ...

A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth’s ...

Most trees in the Amazon (90%), the Atlantic Forest (90%), or the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah-like biome (60%), depend on animals to disperse their seeds, ensure their reproduction, and keep the ...

Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Erik Kleyheeg and Merel Soons of Utrecht University show that ...

Walking in the woods of AutWin is delightful, and now in mid-November, we are in the midst of this interlude after the leaf drop and before the snow cover. It is at this time that we can look through ...

Increasing light pollution in tropical habitats could be hampering regeneration of rainforests because of its impact on nocturnal seed-dispersers. These new findings show that seed-dispersing bats ...

Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Researchers show that the daily movement behavior of wintering ...