Researchers demonstrate that a vast multitude of birds and mammals can be detected by simply swabbing the DNA left behind by animals from leaves. They showcased the power of this approach in an ...

A study provides insights into how energy flows in the food webs that connect soil- and canopy-dwelling organisms in tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. When rainforest is converted to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - No lions, tigers and bears. More like snakes, tarantulas and a sloth are taking over a new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia. The ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

A canopy walkway at the Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) Field Station in the Napo-Sucusari Biological Reserve, located 40 miles outside of Iquitos, Peru. Look up in the woods and you ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

It's a good sign. Scientists capture remarkable footage after placing trail cameras in rainforest: 'The animals are watching ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Why did the kinkajou cross the road? And what's a kinkajou, anyway? One of the mammals — which look like a cross between a monkey and a tiny bear — was found far from its normal ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences will bring a bit of the rainforest to snowy Philadelphia next month with an enormous new exhibit featuring live plants and animals. "Under the Canopy" will take up ...

YAKIMA, Wash. — A kinkajou was found in southeast of Yakima, Washington earlier this week, according to officials. “We don’t know if it was dropped off or escaped.” Hello from our friendly Kinkajou!