Trekking here takes you into the land of rare wildlife including gorillas and forest elephants. The dense canopy keeps the ...

Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

Montane forests are often cloudy, wet, cold, and occur on isolated mountains in Africa. They are rich in biodiversity and act as water towers by trapping water from fog and clouds, providing high ...

Montane forests even capture carbon, prevent soil erosion, and serve as critical habitats for threatened and endangered wildlife. Yet these forests are under threat from wildfires, droughts, pollution ...

While montane deforestation is accelerating globally at an annual rate of 0.31 per cent, tropical montane forests in Africa have experienced the highest rate of deforestation in the last two ...

The alternate names are tropical montane forest and cloud forest. The normal weather is mild and dry winters with mild and moist summers. There are a wide variety of species, many of them unique.

The Southern Montane Forest Project also plays a key role in the Forest Service’s Wildlife Crisis Strategy, which aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires across the country.

The San Diego-based Southern Montane Forest Project Tuesday unveiled its conservation strategy for Southern California's montane forests, seeking to bolster the health of high-elevation forests.

A new species of gecko, believed to be present only around Coonoor, has been discovered in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu.

Montane forests, known as biodiversity hotspots, are among the ecosystems facing threats from climate change. To comprehend potential impacts of climate change on birds in these forests ...