Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

Two forestry companies hold licences to log in B.C.’s rare rainforest, home to ancient trees, endangered caribou and rare ...

Up to two thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds. In the first ever ...

It's the beginning of an ambitious 50‑year project.

WASHINGTON (CN) - Ketchikan, Juneau and other Alaskan cities have filed suit in Federal Court challenging the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's decision to cut back on commerical logging in the Tongass ...

The sprawling Tongass National Forest, located in southeast Alaska, holds the distinction of being the largest temperate rainforest in the world. Encompassing a staggering 16.9 million acres, it ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny ...

In North America and in Europe, there is a lot of justifiable hand-wringing over what is being done to the Amazon and other tropical rainforests. Treehugger readers will already be well aware of the ...

For decades, scientists believed cool temperate rainforests were fragile ecosystems easily damaged by disturbances like fires or logging. But new research from the University of Melbourne challenges ...

This unique ecosystem—what’s known as an inland temperate rainforest—is only found in sections of Siberia and here. While skiing in the remote backcountry of interior British Columbia, I keep ...