Articles for tag: rainforest

Titanoboa’s Lost World: Reconstructing the Rainforest It Called Home

Titanoboa’s Lost World: Reconstructing the Rainforest It Called Home

Annette Uy

Imagine an ancient world where shadows stretched beneath colossal trees, and the air shimmered with heat and humidity. In this realm, a creature longer than a school bus slithered silently through steamy swamps—Titanoboa, the largest snake ever known. The discovery of this prehistoric giant stunned scientists and reignited our fascination with the lost rainforests of ...

Malayan Tapirs and the Disappearing Rainforest Corridors

Malayan Tapirs and the Disappearing Rainforest Corridors

Annette Uy

Deep in the emerald shadows of Southeast Asia, a creature as ancient as the rainforests themselves quietly forages through the undergrowth. The Malayan tapir, with its striking black-and-white coat and gentle demeanor, seems almost to belong to a world of myth and dreams. Yet, this living fossil now faces a harsh modern reality: the lush ...

An aerial view of a crater in the middle of a mountain

The Secret Forest Growing on a Volcano’s Crater Rim

Suhail Ahmed

  Morning fog lifts like a curtain, and a ring of emerald appears where you expect only ash and rock. Inside an extinct volcano, a compact forest thrives along the inner rim, tucked from the worst winds yet close enough to the sky to drink the clouds. It looks improbable, almost theatrical, but its survival ...

Strangler Figs: The Beautiful Killers of the Rainforest Canopy

Strangler Figs: The Beautiful Killers of the Rainforest Canopy

Annette Uy

A single seed, no bigger than a grain of sand, drifts through the dense, humid air of a rainforest. It lands high on a tree branch, ignored by monkeys, unnoticed by birds, and mostly forgotten by all—except for the tree that will soon become its victim. This is no ordinary seed. It belongs to a ...

Amazon rainforest

The Magic of the Amazon Rainforest: Why It’s the Planet’s Lungs

Annette Uy

The Amazon Rainforest is a marvel of nature, often referred to as “The Lungs of the Planet” because of its crucial role in producing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide. Spanning across nine countries, it covers approximately 5.5 million square kilometers and hosts an astonishing variety of life. The rainforest is home to about 390 billion ...