Every year, billions of birds undertake intrepid journeys between temperate regions in North America and their tropical wintering grounds in South America. "Birds are great indicator species of ...

You might think that the neotropics are one big mating party, but even in places that stay green and vibrant year-round, ...

In 2014, Felicity Newell joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as a doctoral student, then promptly left the country in search of a tropical spring. It's a concept she started thinking about ...

Competition with other species, not climate, drives the distribution of bird biodiversity in tropical mountains, one of Earth’s hottest biodiversity hotspots, according to a new study of 31 mountain ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...

In a climate-controlled chamber in South Africa, a trumpeter hornbill pants rapidly, its throat pouch fluttering as ...

Scientists know comparatively little about the breeding seasons of tropical birds. This point is underscored by a new study that shows insect-eating birds in the tropics can postpone breeding by ...