Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

A brand new species of snake has been discovered lurking in cloud forests of Ecuador. The new species is a type of coffee snake, and has been named the Tudor's Coffee Snake, or Ninia guytudori, in ...

A cloud forest reserve was recently created in the Andes of southern Ecuador to help conserve the range-restricted Endangered Red-faced Parrot by improving its habitat connectivity. Endangered ...

A colorful new butterfly species that lives high up in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains has been identified by scientists. Researchers have given the species the scientific name Actinote ...

Since 2018, El Tambor Project has been using assisted natural regeneration to restore native vegetation in a biodiverse and endemic species-rich cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes. The project’s ...

Cloud forests, like the Kona Cloud Forest on the west side of Hawaii Island, are in jeopardy. Global warming is one culprit, and another is land clearing for development by landowners unaware of the ...

Researchers discovered the pumpkin toadlet in Brazil’s cloud forests recently. Its bright orange colour and unique call reveal a new species. Genetic analysis confirmed it differs from all other ...

Only our headlamps light up the jungle, which is full of mysterious chirps and other noises coming out of the darkness. Our guide Estuardo Lima directs us to veer into a stream. We squelch along in ...

This three-part Mongabay mini-series examines grassroots forest restoration projects carried out within isolated island ecosystems — whether those islands are surrounded by ocean as on the Big Island ...