A drug derived from a plant native to the Australian rainforest may prove to be a new weapon against cancer, according to the AFP. QBiotics Ltd has released a statement announcing that a drug made ...

There was joy for a team of experts from Indonesia and the U.K. as they found a rare plant in a rainforest in Sumatra.

How plants sound as well as how they look helps them to attract pollinators, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves ...

Clarence is at the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden to meet the expert in charge of conserving some of our threatened rainforest species. Dr Karen Sommerville is a Rainforest Conservation Scientist and ...

Researchers document a rare night bloom of Rafflesia hasseltii deep inside a tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforest.

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 ...

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 ...

Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping through the air with their sneaky sonar guiding them. Then there is the whole vampire ...

Puerto Rico is home to the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest system. An hour outside of San Juan, it's a ...

"Their only means of survival." Indigenous tribe living deep in Amazon rainforest fends off outside forces: 'We are the ...