Predating the Amazon, Australia's Daintree Rainforest is a 135-million-year-old marvel. Discover the ancient biodiversity ...

It was a toad-ally unexpected find. Australian park rangers were stunned when they stumbled upon what could be the world’s largest known toad deep in a rainforest, tipping the scales at a whopping 6 ...

When it comes to cooling the planet, tropical forests serve an important purpose as “carbon sinks”—their trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, storing it within their stems and branches. Now, a ...

Pay a visit to this remote area of Australia and you'll be stepping into the world's oldest rainforest region. Kuranda is a colorful village perched high up on the eastern edge of the Atherton ...

Today, Australia is home to some trees, like the Red and Yellow Carabeen, which are ancient remnants of a time when the Land Down Under was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. Now those trees are ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

This Aussie bug is breaking records — and possibly a few branches. Scientists have discovered a hefty new species of stick insect in a remote Australian rainforest, and it could be the heaviest ever ...

In a recent review published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, researchers provide an overview of bioactive plant compounds as potential anti-neuroinflammatory agents and the ...

Australia’s tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start leaking more carbon dioxide than they absorb. Rainforests in Australia's northern tropics ...

Throw out all your preconceptions about pigeons, because Australia’s rainforest pigeons are some of the most striking birds in the world. THE PIGEONS MOST Australians are familiar with are the rock ...