MIT research shows forests store less carbon when seed-dispersing animals decline, linking biodiversity loss directly to ...

A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown that the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of ...

The Empty Forest: Many large animals are already ecologically extinct in vast areas of neotropical forest where the vegetation still appears intact. BioScience, 42 (6), 412-422. doi: 10.2307/1311860 ...

Animals that eat fruit and drop their seeds elsewhere are key to forest expansion. In the tropics, over 80% of tree species can be dispersed by animals. Despite this, forest restoration efforts ...

Researchers have conducted the world's biggest ever bird survey, recording 971 different species living in forests and cattle ...

At three acres, the Bramsen Tropical Forests habitat is about 125,000 square feet and is one of the largest outdoor primate habitats of any accredited zoo in the U.S., Brookfield officials said.

Later this month, Brookfield Zoo will unveil its $10 million dolphin habitat renovation, and in spring 2025, its $66 million new Tropical Forests exhibit will open to the public after breaking ...

Globally, tropical rain forests are among the most species-rich habitats and are therefore often prioritized in conservation efforts. A team of scientists from Vietnam and Germany now show that ...

Sierra Leone has lost an estimated 35% of its forest cover since 2000. With only 5,500 wild Western chimpanzees remaining, the chimpanzee population’s fate reflects the health of the forest.

It was lost to habitat destruction and collection. Bridled white-eye: A green, yellow and white tropical lowland forest bird from Guam that was 4 inches long, with a prominent ring around its eye. It ...

Cedar, left, and Spruce are two red panda brothers who will live at the Minnesota Zoo’s newest habitat, Red Panda Forest, which opens to the public on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The exhibit will ...