Scientists at the Amazon Aid Foundation looked into the effects of rapid warming for Andean cloud forests. What they found was alarming. To combat temperature change, plants would have to move ...

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

But take a short drive and you’re in the middle of Andean greenery ... and the path leads you through a pristine cloud forest filled with orchids and birds. The hike takes about four to five ...

High-altitude grasslands bordering cloud forest are key habitats for Andean bears and conservation managers should consider how livestock impact this important ecosystem, the authors say.

Planet Money buys a "biodiversity credit" and travels to the Andean cloud forest in Colombia — to see how these credits work, and if they can really help save threatened species.

The Resplendent Quetzal, with vibrant feathers, inhabits cloud forests from Mexico to Panama, revered by Maya and Aztecs for its striking beauty. The Pavonine Quetzal, unique to the Amazon ...

A cloud forest in Ecuador could be recognised as an ... that nature, from the Andean mountains to a "single soldier ant", is a living system with which humans must "harmoniously coexist".