Butterflies that independently evolved the same wing patterns have also evolved similar eyes and brains which are fine-tuned ...

The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million ...

More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

The sighting extends the species’s known range by about 75 miles northwest from its closest occurrence in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, the study said. This is also the first time the species has been ...

Our world is a most unusual place. There is such an enormous range of sounds, sights, smells, and types of things we observe ...

In Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains, scientists have identified Tessmannia princeps, a newly discovered tree species potentially 3,000 years old. This ra ...

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is now welcoming visitors to their family-friendly remodeled ‘Jungala’ area, which is now called ‘Wild Oasis’.

“Don’t eat raw food in Hawaii,” said Howe, who is even leery of restaurant safety protocols. “This is a tropical place. There ...

Imagine a snake so large it could span the length of a city bus. This isn’t a creature from a horror film, but a real animal ...

The rainforest has many layers There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the ...

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...