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 ...

By Astrid Arellano Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote ...

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 ...

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small stretch of cloud forest in the Serra do Quiriri, in Santa Catarina. The ...

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 ...

High in the Peruvian Andes, where clouds cling to steep slopes and moss drapes every branch, archaeologists have mapped more than 100 hidden structures from a long-vanished city. The discovery, buried ...

My giant cloud rainforest vivarium, Pantdora, has been constantly transforming since its creation. The plants, fungi, and animals are involved in an interdependent, never-ending biological cycle. But, ...

Costa Rica is home to six types of rain forests, each offering unique biodiversity and habitats for wildlife. While the dry season from November to April is popular, visiting in September and October ...

FRANKFURT/MAINZ/HELSINKI/LEIPZIG. Who hasn’t enjoyed the aromatic scent in the air when walking through the woods on a summer’s day? Partly responsible for this ...

I've always wanted to try creating the ultimate ecosystem vivarium, but I felt I wasn't quite ready to take on such a complicated project. A successful ecosystem tank would require a very large setup ...