Titanoboa and anaconda differ significantly, with the extinct titanoboa being much larger at 40-50 feet and 2500+ pounds ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten.

After visiting 30 tropical islands, some of my favorites have been Bora Bora, St. Barts, Curaçao, Barbados, and St. Martin.

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

A rare bird was spotted in South Florida.A female, black-casqued hornbill was captured hanging out in a tree in the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for attempting to smuggle tropical birds from San Juan, Puerto Rico, into the ...

Have you ever wondered how birds feed along their migration trail? I had this conversation with my husband a few months ...

Before shots are fired and a face-down body floats by a glassy pavilion in the opening scene of Season 3 of HBO’s “The White ...

The orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is one of the most recognized tropical plants in our island plant palette.

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright ... Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise.

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...