A new study based on close observations of the foraging behavior of Asian elephants in a Malaysian forest highlights the “profound” impact of the giant herbivores on plant and tree diversity. The ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Zoo has announced this year’s Asian Lantern Festival theme: Forest of Fantasy. Never-seen-before displays of gleaming fairies, mythical beasts, ...

Our research suggests that mosaics of open (alternate image) and closed (this image) seasonally dry tropical forest expanded across tropical Asia’s lowlands during the Last Glacial Maximum. These ...

That’s long been understood in Africa, where numerous studies have identified elephants as important dispersers of seeds for a wide variety of plants. Both forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and ...

SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia — In the midst of barren sandy land scattered with dry shortgrass, a vast Scotch pine tree forest swallows the viewer into greenery. A total of 11 million trees span 3,250 ...