A surprisingly trend was that we saw genetic diversity declining even among” many species that aren’t considered at risk, said co-author Catherine Grueber, a conservation biologist at the ...

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

Forests flanking Brazil's rivers act as "highways" that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic ...

While filming 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' documentary-makers encounters a new giant anaconda species that "may be the ...

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.

New research suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in equatorial regions of Gondwana, encompassing the ...

Scientists have been working on the origins of dinosaurs for decades. Now, it appears they may be a step closer to ...

Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' ...