Tropical forests have long been treated as slow, patient allies in the fight against climate change, quietly locking away ...

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 ...

April showers bring Mayflowers or at -least it used to be that way. Some parts of our island have had an extended lack of rain this spring. Everything is topsy-turvy when it comes to weather patterns, ...

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

Ecuador’s Jama-Coaque Reserve, home to a vibrant cloud forest ecosystem, is part of what may be the world’s most endangered tropical forest, of which only 2.23% remains. Third Millennium Alliance (TMA ...

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 ...