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Warm climate speeds up the evolution of reptiles
The warmer climate has destroyed the tropical forests on Earth and led to the evolution of reptile evolution.
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Face overweight
About a year ago, the tree shrew had a funny tail from the rainforest in western Malaysia that appeared in newspapers around the world.
Archeology
Finding frogs trapped in amber 99 million years
About 99 million years ago, tiny frogs moved in a humid tropical forest - and some were not lucky enough to stab into sap.
Archeology
Mayan 2000-year-old highway system
Archaeologists discovered the Maya's 2,000-year-old, 240-year-old highway system in the ancient city of El Mirador, Guatemala.
Archeology
More evidence of the golden city
Archaeologists continue to discover new images of a place that could be Ciudad Blanca, the legendary gold city of South America.
Space science
New weapon to prevent deforestation
Before the situation of deforestation seriously affected the reproductive system and climate change, scientists have invented
Biology
Why do trees die in the tropics?
The international team of scientists from the University of South Wales conducted a study to determine why some tropical plants are easy to die while others live
Biology
Discovering new orchids in Peruvian jungle
Botanists yesterday announced the discovery of a new species of orchid in the Amazon rainforest in the Huanuco region, central Peru.
Biology
Peru warns that the Amazon rainforest is destroyed at a rapid rate
Satellite images show that deforestation continues to increase in 2017, with 143,000 hectares of Amazon forest removed from the Peruvian map.
Biology
Survival of parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
This mushroom is found in the tropical forests of Brazil. Mushroom spores penetrate the leaf-cutting ants.
Biology
Startling about the parasitic fungus that turns ants into living corpses
Carpenter ant - carpenter ant of tropical rainforest Brazil has a very uneventful life
Biology
Amazon forest leaves call the rainy season coming soon
Over the years, the early rainy season in the Amazon rainforest, which started out abnormally early, confounded scientists.
Biology
Stunned with extremely rare giant banana varieties
Images of a giant banana species in Papua New Guinea caused a strong community, banana seed Musa ingens, banana leaves Musa ingens
Biology
Discover the world's tallest plant on the island of Borneo
Scientists have discovered the highest tropical tree in the world on Borneo island with a height of 309 feet (94.1 meters). New trees were found to break the record of t…