Episode 14: The Secret Life of Plants. National Geographic Explorer Nirupa Rao marries art and science to catalog and capture the magic of the unique flora of India’s Western Ghats.

Rainforest, Costa Rica. The rainforests of Central and South America are home to over 100,000 different species of plants, more than anywhere else on Earth. | Credit: BBC.

In Kerala’s Western Ghats, 20 local women are restoring a rainforest from the roots up. At Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, they ...

As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats mountain range, an all-female rainforest force is battling to protect one of the area's last enclaves of ...

The RainForest showcases more than 10,000 plants and 600 animals from each of the world's tropical rainforest environments -- those of South America, Africa and Asia.

THE first edition of this useful work was published in 1858, since which period our knowledge of the economical products of our vast Indian possessions has greatly increased; and we have here an ...

Home to 2,100 plant species and 2,200 animal species, the Indian River Lagoon features thriving ecosystems that benefit the environment as a whole. From its mangrove population to varied species ...

Indian researcher Jagannath Biswakarma studies how plants and microbes can acquire iron in soils that are sometimes irrigated or flooded, which could have implications for farmers across the world ...

The warm, wet climate encourages lots of large green plants to grow. Green animals also live there - bugs, caterpillars, bees, beetles, lizards, parrots, and snakes make their homes in the rainforest.