This footage follows a giant whipscorpion encountered in a dense cloud forest ecosystem where visibility is low and predators rely on surprise. Although it lacks a true venomous stinger, the animal ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand new species of snake has been discovered lurking in cloud forests of Ecuador. The new species is a type of coffee ...

While exploring the region around an archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, researchers discovered a never-before-seen creature. The tiny, big-eyed marsupial — named Marmosa chachapoya — is a ...

A global collection of 65 rare wildlife photographs captures elusive species and unusual behaviors, from desert-dwelling sand ...

A cloud forest reserve was recently created in the Andes of southern Ecuador to help conserve the range-restricted Endangered Red-faced Parrot by improving its habitat connectivity. Endangered ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A colorful new butterfly species that lives high up in the cloud ...

Since 2018, El Tambor Project has been using assisted natural regeneration to restore native vegetation in a biodiverse and endemic species-rich cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes. The project’s ...

Cloud forests, like the Kona Cloud Forest on the west side of Hawaii Island, are in jeopardy. Global warming is one culprit, and another is land clearing for development by landowners unaware of the ...