Located off the coast of Morocco, the southernmost islands in Spain are also one of the most popular tropical getaways ... are fewer crowds, a dense subtropical forest, and the linguistic intrigue ...

By Carolyn Cowan The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures.

Protected from the harsh winds and salt spray of the ocean, dense and beautiful ... widest part of Hatteras Island and at the confluence of the temperate and semi tropical zones, a unique ...

KC Cushman Tropical forests are iconic for hosting multiple layers of dense vegetation ... like the 50 hectare plot on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) administered by the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

Barro Colorado, a man-made island in the middle of the Panama Canal, is home to a research-rich outpost of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a living, breathing, jungle-forest research ...

Cloud forests, like the Kona Cloud Forest on the west side of Hawaii Island, are in jeopardy ... please contact University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources State ...

Some parts of our island have had an extended lack ... One example is the Kaloko cloud forest that is one of the most accessible tropical cloud forests in Hawaii. It, among other high elevation ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future ...

These dense forests, characterised by their high ... offers a stunning landscape of grasslands and tropical forests, home to species like the pygmy hog, golden langur, and Assam roofed turtle.