News articles tagged with 'rainforest'
The first neotropical rainforest was home of the Titanoboa
— 13 Oct 2009 09:59 | Geology and palaeontologySmithsonian researchers working in Colombia's Cerrejon coal mine have unearthed the first megafossil evidence of a neotropical rainforest. Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, lived... — full story
Forming an Amazon rainforest microbial observatory
— 15 Jul 2009 01:12 | EnvironmentThe Amazon rainforest may be the largest reservoir of soil microbes on Earth, yet researchers acknowledge that many of these organisms are almost unknown to science, according to University... — full story
Rainforest rehab in every sense
— 12 Jun 2009 18:09 | EnvironmentSophisticated sensors that measure leaf wetness, soil moisture and temperature are helping rehabilitate rainforest in the Springbrook World Heritage precinct in south-east Queensland... — full story
Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon
— 11 Jun 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentClearing the Amazon rainforest increases Brazilian communities' wealth and quality of life, but these improvements are short-lived, according to new research published 12 June in Science.... — full story
Ancestors of African Pygmies and neighbouring farmers separated around 60,000 years ago
— 10 Apr 2009 13:34 | BiologyAll African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international... — full story
Reserves found to be 'effective tool' for reducing fires in Brazilian rainforests
— 8 Apr 2009 12:28 | EnvironmentRainforest reserves - even those disturbed by roads - provide an important buffer against fires that are devastating parts of the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new study by a trio... — full story
Amazonian amphibian diversity traced to Andes
— 10 Mar 2009 15:30 | BiologyColourful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10 million years, a new... — full story
Titanoboa, largest prehistoric snake discovered in Colombia
— 4 Feb 2009 16:30 | Geology and palaeontologyThe discovery of world's largest prehistoric snake is reported in today's issue of Nature. The snake, named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a relative of the Boa constrictor, was 13 metres... — full story
DNA in dung to reveal first true cassowary count
— 1 Feb 2009 20:26 | BiologyIn a world first, CSIRO scientists will use an innovative DNA technique to deliver reliable data about north Queensland's cassowary population and by doing so develop a greater understanding... — full story
Forest boost as poaching boss gets jail
— 28 Oct 2008 14:00 | EnvironmentA five-year jail sentence for a notorious elephant poacher could provide a lifeline for wildlife in and around an African rainforest that survived the Ice Age... — full story