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These daredevil amphibians, dubbed parachute frogs, leap from treetops and soar through the rain-forest canopy to evade predators.

From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2022

Accompanied by ornithologist Jim Cope, he spent weeks exploring the northern Amazon, using ropes and climbing spikes to ascend to the rain-forest canopy and study the birds in their natural habitat.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2019

But he expects the losses to push the forest toward a tipping point, after which “there is a sudden and dramatic loss of the rain-forest system,” and the changes will become obvious to anyone.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2018

Bradford Lister, a biologist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, has been studying rain-forest insects in Puerto Rico since the 1970s.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2018

You could say that rain-forest viruses are extremely good at looking after their own interests.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston