That these animals can emit light is groundbreaking information for not only these birds, but potentially for all bird ...

Costa Rica is a choose-your-own-adventure destination packed with diverse scenery—from calm, sandy beaches to lush rainforests—and eco-tours. The endless wildlife ...

The Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, offers a different kind of hiking experience from dense jungles.

An ecotour in a tropical rainforest, such as that in Suriname, conducted by a guide who knows the area’s natural history ...

A tropical cyclone weakened into a tropical low weather system on Saturday as it approached Brisbane, Australia’s third-most ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical ... to entice the birds, who then ...

The tropical cyclone was moving west with sustained winds near the center of 95 kph (59 mph) and gusting to 130 kph (81 mph).

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR TROPICAL SONGS RANKED BY LATIN RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY ...

Heliconia bella in Panama. This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study.

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

in 2018 the Bureau of Meteorology undertook an objective reanalysis of tropical cyclones in the Australian region, supported by National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) and partners from the oil and ...

A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come.