It’s common for a traveller in Latin America to feel marked out when arriving at ... tropical dry forests in this region provide a striking contrast to the cloud forests of the central highlands.

Experts call them cloud forests, and they only occur at elevations of approximately 800 to 3,000 metres, in regions such as Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.

U.S. News Insider Tip: If it works in your schedule, take a nighttime tour of the cloud forest. A naturalist guide can point out armadillos and tarantulas that come out after dark, and you'll ...

Quetzals, essential seed dispersers in Central and South America, face threats. The conservation efforts are crucial for ...

A cloud forest in Ecuador could be recognised as an author: the latest development in a burgeoning global movement to grant legal rights to nature. The More-Than-Human-Life (Moth) Project ...

It is the resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno). This is a magnificent green bird that lives only in southern Mexico and parts of Central America in the high elevations of the cloud forests. My ...