WORLD RAINFOREST

By Rhett A. Butler  Last updated Aug 14, 2020

The Tropical Rainforest - information on tropical forests, deforestation, and biodiversity

 

Sections:

What is a rainforest?
Characteristics of a rainforest
Rainforest biodiversity
Rainforest canopy
Rainforest floor
Rainforest waters
Rainforest peoples
Deforestation
Consequences of deforestation
How to save the rainforest
The Amazon
The Congo
Rainforest Facts
For kids
Rainforest photos
Rainforest news
Rainforest news (Mongabay)
Amazon news (Mongabay)

 

The Latest News on Rainforests

  • Nigeria passes major new wildlife law (Nov 1 2025)
  • Elephants on the edge (Oct 31 2025)
  • Rescued African gray parrots return to Democratic Republic of Congo’s forests (Oct 30 2025)
  • The Forest Stewardship Council’s will vote on new traceability rules amid fraud allegations (Oct 29 2025)
  • A rare bloom transforms Sri Lanka’s highlands, turning its hills violet (Oct 29 2025)
  • “Sleeping jaguars”: Female guardians mobilize to defend their territory in the Amazon (Oct 27 2025)
  • Indigenous communities protect Colombia’s uncontacted peoples (Oct 26 2025)
  • Bangladesh to reintroduce captive elephants to the wild (Oct 25 2025)
  • One man’s mission to rewild a dying lake (Oct 24 2025)
  • The price of a monkey (Oct 22 2025)
  • In Indonesia’s courts, truth can be a lonely witness. (Oct 19 2025)
  • Scientists discover world’s 1,500th known bat species (Oct 18 2025)
  • Group of critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans discovered in Sumatra peat swamp (Oct 17 2025)
  • Newly-discovered fungus can hold the weight of a person (Oct 16 2025)
  • Regenerative fashion initiative in Indonesia wins 2025 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award (Oct 15 2025)
  • $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous and local forest tenure has been met a year early (Oct 10 2025)
  • Protecting Earth’s oldest data system: The case for biodiversity (Oct 6 2025)
  • Rare photos capture fishing cat preying on monitor lizard (Oct 6 2025)
  • Peru has created a new sanctuary in the Amazon (Sep 30 2025)
  • DJs inspired by nature (Sep 30 2025)
  • A dancing lemur could help save one of Madagascar’s most endangered ecosystems (Sep 22 2025)
  • Largest known turtle nest documented in drone study (Sep 22 2025)
  • The case for optimism in conservation (Sep 13 2025)
  • Forests on Indigenous lands help protect health in the Amazon (Sep 13 2025)
  • Where trees should grow (Sep 11 2025)
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