The following adaptations allow plants to survive in the conditions of the rainforest. Lianas - these are woody vines that have roots in the ground but climb up the trees to reach the sunlight.

Explore one of the greenest places in the world, the rainforest. The warm, wet climate encourages lots of large green plants to grow. Green animals also live there - bugs, caterpillars ...

Lower Key Stage 2: You are stranded in the rainforest, hungry, no shelter and some of your group are ill. Can the plants of the rainforest help you? Upper Key Stage 2: How do the plants from the ...

Rainforest plants cover only 2% of the world’s surface but make up 50% of species – vital to sustaining life on earth. Kew scientists rely on the Palm House collection for research into medicine and ...

The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat. Its canopy of leaves, almost 50 meters high, ...

At approximately 90 million years old, the sample of ancient soil was rich in preserved roots, pollen, and spores, indicating that the continent was once abundant in plant life. The discovery was ...

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. The deforestation of the Brazilianrainforest ...