In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

The Amazon basin is one of Earth's hotspots of biodiversity. Just how many plants live there has been fiercely debated, with estimates for flowering plants ranging from the tens to hundreds of ...

11 Strangest Plants Only Found in the Rainforest. Published on August 01, ... is a species of water lily native to the tropical rainforests of the Amazon River basin in South America.

Large swathes of Amazon rainforest that appear healthy may be on the brink of mass dieback—when a plant starts to die beginning at the tips of its roots or leaves—due to deforestation and ...

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Tropical areas of south and central America such as the Amazon rainforest are home to some 7,500 species of butterfly compared with only around 65 species in Britain. UCL scientists have ruled out ...