Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.
Bird populations in the tropics have dropped by roughly a third (25–38%) since 1980 due to intensifying heat extremes, compared to a world without climate change, with some species having declined in ...
Changing precipitation patterns in the Neotropics, one of Earth's most biodiverse regions, could threaten two-thirds of the area's bird species by the year 2100 if climate change goes unchecked, ...
From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to ...
A team led by Michigan Technological University researcher Jared Wolfe is the first to uncover why long-lived rainforest birds are declining in an untouched environment historically considered a ...
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds? Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Some ...