The Cloud Forest’s climate aims to replicate misty tropical mountains, which are cooler than the local area, so jets of vapor and spray from the waterfall work together to create the attraction ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If it works in your schedule, take a nighttime tour of the cloud forest. A naturalist guide ... run by Costa Rica's Tropical Science Center.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada has conserved many projects with montane forests, including projects in the Castle-Crowsnest Watershed Natural Area. Lusicich, located west of Coleman, Alberta, along ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical ...

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The dome is carefully designed to mimic the environment of tropical mountain regions, complete with orchids, ferns, and carnivorous pitcher plants. Interactive exhibits throughout the Cloud Forest ...

Focus for Hampus's PhD-project is on how and why trees in tropical montane rainforests, which are considered biodiversity hotspots, react to changes in their environment, with the aim of disentangling ...

The Flower Dome provides an indoor environment for plants from the Mediterranean climate, while the Cloud Forest is home to endangered species from tropical montane cloud forest. StudioPOD Design ...

Urbanization, development and parcelization in rural areas are changing land use away from forests. CalFire’s 2010 assessment found that blue oak woodland to be the habitat type in California with the ...

These birds live in humid, tropical forests, with the resplendent quetzal, which is considered sacred by the Aztec and Mayan cultures, residing in cloud forests. Quetzals face habitat loss and are ...

Students will participate in a community public art project as well as hands-on workshops offered by renowned natural scientists on topics such as colour in tropical plants, mimicry, the role of sound ...