From the striking rainbow colors of parrots in the rainforest to the brilliant flashes of yellows, oranges and blues in coral reefs, vibrantly colorful wildlife abounds in tropical ecosystems. But ...

"The results underscore the importance of animals in maintaining healthy, carbon-rich tropical forests," says Evan Fricke, a research scientist in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental ...

The full moon is shrouded in fanciful superstition about bringing out the worst in people, from causing werewolf transformations to prompting erratic, strange or inexplicable behaviors. It turns out, ...

A new study has found that the temperature within a tropical forest varies considerably, with tree canopies experiencing wider extremes of heating and cooling compared to the ground or soil. The range ...