CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

The Amazon rainforest spans over 6 million square kilometers and remains one of the least understood places on Earth. Beneath its dense canopy, new technology has revealed evidence of ancient ...

In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers at Michigan State University have uncovered how Amazon rainforest canopy trees manage the intense sunlight they absorb—revealing resilience ...

In the thick green depths of the Amazon, long thought to be untouched wilderness, a stunning discovery has emerged. For decades, the rainforest was seen as too hostile for ancient urban life. But that ...

MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. Scientists use satellite images of light given off by plants — called solar-induced fluorescence, or SIF — ...

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban roads.

The distribution of canopy heights in tropical rain forests directly affects carbon storage and the maintenance of biodiversity. We report results from a unique 20-yr record of annual monitoring of ...