Rain forests are scattered across the globe and they all look...  ...le immediately envision a tropical South American rain forest when they hear the term. These pictures from the...  ...the term. These pictures from the New South Wales rainforest by Wouter Van de Voorde remind...

A newly-discovered frog, Paedophryne amauensis, is...  ...ertebrate ever found. The frogs were found in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, living among fallen leaves....  ...h. They are well camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor, and have evolved calls resembling those of...  ...cts, making them hard t...

The Wildlife Conservation Society took a two-yea...  ...ey of wildlife biodiversity in the Jeypore-Dehing rain forest in India, and found seven different cat species i...  ...ever found in a single area. Camera traps in the rain forest have captures pictures of leopards, the clouded l...

The BBC’s natural history unit sent an expedition to Mount Bosavi, a volcano in Papua New Guinea. Scientists on the team identified 40 new species of wildlife which have called the crater home since its last eruption 2...

Birds, bugs, and bats propel themselves through the air with wings, but other animals also travel through the air by gliding, leaping, or parachuting. This mental_floss article takes a look at seven creatures you would...

In 1971, Juliane Koepcke was the sole survivor of...  ...e over Peru. She fell two miles and landed in the rain forest . The 17-year-old Koepcke then walked for ten days...  ...ed nail polish." Juliane continued through the rainforest , wading through jungle streams infested with croc...

Biologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research In...  ...earch Institute in Panama are suggesting that the rain forests may not be doing so badly after all. While it's c...  ...fter all. While it's certainly true that original rain forest is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate, unti...  ...y biologists hav...