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High in the rainforest canopy, harpy eagles rule the skies - and their hunting skills are nothing short of astonishing. In ...
The newly discovered bug makes its home high in the canopy of the Atherton Tablelands, a highland rainforest in tropical ...
Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Australia: Tucked away in the world’s oldest rainforest, the Daintree Rainforest Observatory research crane in Queensland ascends 150 feet above the trees.
Gaps in the forest canopy caused by logging roads have isolated species, but these eye-wateringly high bridges provide a solution.
If you’re walking through a rainforest, you might want to keep your head up. How else would you know to duck to avoid a swinging gibbon? Gibbons are playful and fun apes who live in the treetops ...
Unlike their ground-dwelling relatives, they spend their lives in treetops, feeding on leaves and vines. Their dependence on rainforest trees makes them vulnerable to deforestation and climate change.
Squinting into the treetops won't reveal the tiny organisms up there. But these creatures leave clues, in the form of DNA, on the leaves and branches. Now, researchers report that they have ...
Even from 20,000 feet, all you see in every direction is an unbroken expanse of rainforest treetops that, from the air, looks like a vast and endless carpet of broccoli.