Can a tropical forest mend itself? After trees are cut down and wildlife flees, do microbes on the dank, leafy floor and woody giants with epiphyte-laden crowns come back; do the pollinators, seed dispersers and entangled webs of predator and prey return? And how, exactly, does it happen? A new ambitious research project is trying … Continue reading An Ecuadorian hotspot shows how forests can claw back from destruction