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Phys.org on MSN.com · 2d

Invasive rats and rainforest mammals are sharing gut microbes as urban areas grow

As urban development continues to creep further into Earth's oldest and most diverse rainforests, a Swansea University-led study reveals native and invasive small mammals aren't just adapting to their changing habitats—they may also be sharing their microbes.

EurekAlert! · Jan 30, 2025

Mammals in the Tropical Peruvian Rainforest (IMAGE)

The Würzburg researchers photographed these mammals in the southern Peruvian rainforest using camera traps (clockwise from top left): a jaguar, a paca, an agouti and a peccary. Disclaimer ...

Amazon S3 on MSN.com · 12d

Tropical Rainforest Biome: Exploring Plants, Species & Climate

The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique climate, characterized by abundant rainfall and sunlight. Despite its reduction to equatorial regions,

National Geographic news · Jun 28, 2021

Spider monkeys

Spider monkeys are large New World monkeys that live in tropical rainforests from central ... Spider monkeys are important seed dispersers for their rainforest homes. When animals eat fruit ...

ABC News · 26d

This tropical tree species has evolved to benefit from lightning strikes

Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to ... Barro Colorado Nature Monument, a lowland rainforest in Panama, between 2014 and 2019.

BBC · Jul 26, 2020

South America: Rainforests, rivers and waterfalls

It is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and ... the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the total known number of species in the rainforest includes: 427 mammals, 1300 birds, 378 reptiles ...

EurekAlert! · 29d

A keystone species of Panamanian forests, D. oleifera fruits and seeds are a crucial food source for rainforest animals. (IMAGE)

A keystone species of Panamanian forests, D. oleifera fruits and seeds are a crucial food source for rainforest mammals such as agouti during the dry season.

scmp.com · Mar 9, 2021

Two-thirds of tropical rainforest, essential in the fight against global warming, lost worldwide

7 endangered species here in Hong Kong More ... and its neighbours – the Orinoco and the Andean rainforest – account for 73.5 per cent of tropical forests still intact, according to Krogh.

BBC · Dec 3, 2023

What is a rainforest habitat?

The largest rainforest, the Amazon, is located in South America. More than half of the Earth's species of animals and plants live in tropical rainforests, even though rainforests only cover a ...