A group of gardeners started out with little knowledge about plants but are now protecting a significant portion of the biodiversity hotspot.

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.

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.

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.