http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was arid, with a small amount of seasonal rainfall, and few bushes or trees populated the landscape, according to a new geochemical analysis of rare ancient soils. http://www.physorg.com/news177100413.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:34:10 EST news177100413 (PhysOrg.com) -- As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment. http://www.physorg.com/news165749781.html Biology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:37:01 EST news165749781 The USDA Forest Service established a new experimental forest in Alaska on June 25. The 25,000-acre Héen Latinee Experimental Forest is located inside the Tongass National Forest, and is easily accessible by road from Juneau, Alaska. It is part of the largest temperate rain forest in the world. http://www.physorg.com/news165684471.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:01 EST news165684471 (AP) -- Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia - perhaps as many as 2,000 - giving a rare boost to one of the world's most critically endangered great apes. http://www.physorg.com/news158722993.html Biology Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:43:41 EST news158722993 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell fiber science professors Anil Netravali and Juan Hinestroza are forging new collaborations with researchers in Brazil. http://www.physorg.com/news142098357.html Physics Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:45:57 EST news142098357