Colombia today announced the creation of a rainforest reserve dedicated to the protection of medicinal plants. The Orito Ingi-Ande Medicinal Flora Sanctuary encompasses 10,626 hectares of biologically ...

Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a ...

Salt compounds released by fungi and plants in the Amazon rainforest have an important role in the formation of rain clouds, reports research published in the journal Science. Scientists in recent ...

With the aid of stable hydrogen isotopes in volcanic glass, an international research team, including Senckenberg geoscientist Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has studied the uplift history of the Andes ...

Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change are constantly ramping up. Some of these efforts include conservation efforts of existing forests, for example, which can play a crucial role in the ...

Imagine a mountainous and remote rainforest along the ocean coast. Whisps of fog drift through the trees as cascades of colorful flowers sweep down from plants perched high on the tree limbs. This is ...

Researchers at Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, or UTEC, in Perù have figured out a new way to draw electricity from plants, which they have delightfully dubbed “plant lamps.” As the video ...

The bloom of the purple orchid tree, native to south China, growing inside the Garfield Park Conservatory on the southside of Indianapolis on Jan. 13. The Conservatory contains more than 10,000 square ...

Upon stepping into Cultivate Urban Rainforest and Gallery, the temperature changes and the humidity rises. Even the smell is different, resembling a mossy fragrance. Louise Rosenberg founded the plant ...

GALVESTON — Moody Gardens reopens its Rainforest Pyramid today for the first time since October with a new insect exhibit featuring a bird-eating Goliath tarantula and a 4,000-square-foot butterfly ...