Young rainforests lack termites, and that may slow their recovery. Scientists explore reintroducing key decomposers to ...

Why it's incredible: El Cono stands alone in the rainforest and has a mysterious ... Sascha is a U.K.-based staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the ...

In the context of rainforest regeneration ... Amy Zanne wanted to find out how well decomposers like termites and fungi function in replanted forests, to help predict forest health and carbon ...

“Most fungi live in the environment,” he said. “Because that environment is rapidly changing, we will definitely see different kinds of diseases and infections popping up over the next 50 ...

"Most fungi live in the environment," he explained. "Because that environment is rapidly changing, we will definitely see different kinds of diseases and infections emerging over the next 50 years ...

One of the field sites was in an old growth forest in Australia’s Daintree Rainforest ... find out how well decomposers like termites and fungi function in replanted forests, to help predict ...

But they're concerned about how the storm and its aftermath have disturbed the soil where fungi live and thrive — while the overall temperature is increasing due to global warming. "That puts ...

Dr Norman van Rhijn, a researcher at the University of Manchester and lead author of the study, told Sky News: “Most fungi live in the environment. Because that environment is rapidly changing ...

There, more and more evidence has been found of sophisticated behaviors and advanced cognition in ancient rainforest contexts. These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in the ...