Cloud Forests News

Since its announcement on Thursday, the olinguito—the world's newest mammal—has taken the world by storm. Hundreds of articles have been written about the new species, while its cuddly appearance has…

Teddy bear-like carnivorous creature discovered in South America (photos) While the olinguito looks like a wild, tree-climbing teddy bear with a cat's tail, it's actually the world's newest mammalian carnivore.…

"Rural dwellers are not passive respondents to external conservation agents but are active proponents and executers of their own conservation initiatives."—Noga Shanee, Projects Director for Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC), in…

Adult Peruvian night monkey. Photo by: Jean Paul Perret/NPC. The Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) is one of the world's least known primates, having never been studied in the wild--until…

Rainforest-covered karst mountains with pristine mangroves beneath characterizes one of the most stunning protected areas in the Caribbean: Los Haitises National Park. Photo by: Jeremy Hance. For its stunning variety…

Possible new species of night monkey in the Aotus genus. Photo by: Alexander Pari. Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a…

A female blue crowned manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) is one of over a thousand known bird species in Madidi National Park. Photo by: Mileniusz Spanowicz/WCS. With over 90 species of bat,…

The Las Gralarias glass frog is the world's newest glass frog. It was discovered by Carl Hutter on the Reserva las Gralarias, after which the researcher subsequently named the new…

Female lion peers through the thick foliage of a montane rainforest in Ethiopia. Photo by: Bruno D'Amicis/NABU. Calling the African lion (Panthera leo) the 'king of the jungle' is usually…

Sira barbet (Capito fitzpatricki). Photo by: Michael G. Harvey. Four years ago in a remote cloud forest in Peru's Cerros del Sira mountain range, three recently graduated students from Cornell…

Hyloscirtus princecharlesi. Photo by Luis A. Coloma. Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of frog and named it in honor of Price Charles, according to a paper published in…

View Larger MapSierra de Juárez in Oaxaca is one of the most important cloud forests in Mexico, but remains unprotected. Mexico could lose nearly 70 percent of its cloud forests…

Three new private conservation areas in the Amazon-Andes region of Peru will help buffer the country's national park system while offering new opportunities for local people to benefit from protecting…

Amazon cloud forest and the Andes in Peru. This region of the world may be home to more endemic species than any other. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Around 80…

Antisana Volcano. Photo by: Stefan Weigal. Conservation organizations and the Ecuadorian government have succeeded in securing over 250,000 acres (106,000 hectares) of cloud forest and grasslands surrounding the Antisana Volcano…

Red bromeliads in the cloud forests of Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. These bromeliads of the cloud forests of the Andes are epiphytes. While they grow on other plants,…

A new private nature reserve in Central Peru protects endangered high-altitude cloud forest, reports the American Bird Conservancy. San Marcos Private Conservation Area consists of 970 hectares (2,400 acres) of…

Founder of mongabay.com, Rhett A. Butler, took this photo of an Andean cock-of-the-rock in the cloud forests of Peru only yesterday. He says even photos do not do the bird's…

Terra Incognito? Venezuela's Amazon rainforest (a portion of which is viewed here by Google Earth) has been almost wholly ignored by researchers. Andean forests even less represented in research than…

In the cloud forests and grasslands of India's Western Ghats, known as sholas, researchers have for the first time comprehensively studied the inhabiting dung beetle populations. The resulting study in…