Mexico's cloud forests are home to newly discovered bioluminescent fungi, some species entirely new to science. These glowing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand new species of snake has been discovered lurking in cloud ...

In a March study reported on by El País, researchers found that hundreds of Mesoamerican plant species have been climbing mountains for decades. Rising global temperatures are the culprit. Using ...

Photo: Gabe Johnson A rugged mountain-and-valley landscape, the Intag region is remarkable for its cloud forests—lush ...

Climate change could eliminate up to 91% of South America’s cloud forests by 2070 under a high-emissions scenario; even the most optimistic projections show significant losses. Because cloud forests ...

Researchers of Khamai Foundation and Liberty University have discovered a new species of coffee snake endemic to the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. Biologist Alejandro Arteaga first found the ...

One of the most notorious mass extinction events in modern times occurred on a hilltop in coastal Ecuador in the 1980s. Ninety species of plants known from nowhere else on Earth—many of them new to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A colorful new butterfly species that lives high up in the cloud ...

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 ...

For those who have a hard time saying goodbye to the vibrant flowers of summer, a fall visit to San Francisco Botanical Garden's (SFBG) Mesoamerican Cloud Forest is a chance to discover the vivid ...

A unique new species of salamander has been discovered dwelling in Costa Rica’s mysterious high-altitude cloud forests, scientists announced this week. The salamander, named Bolitoglossa bolanosi, is ...