Example Sentences

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Scientists fired lasers from an airplane to map nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements underneath the rain-forest canopy.

From Scientific American • Apr. 8, 2023

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

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

A wave of incredible new properties is bringing renewed attention to Central America’s largest country, which visitors flock to for rain-forest tours and snorkeling around surrounding islands.

From Time • Oct. 13, 2017

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

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston