Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around ...

In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. The ecosystem there is teeming with every color of the rainbow, especially if ...

Tropical insects are running out of thermal room. A growing body of peer-reviewed research shows that species living near the equator already operate so close to their maximum heat tolerance that even ...

Hunger pangs shape the foraging behaviours of brightly coloured tropical lizards that live in the hot, semi-arid landscapes of south India, a team at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru has ...

Climate change is reducing the number of sub-freezing days over much of the American South, providing an opportunity for cold-sensitive tropical species -- mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, ...

Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies showing dramatic declines in invertebrate populations. A new report suggests that the problem is ...