To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

Blue waxbill (Blousysie) (Uraeginthus angolensis) near Satara in the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. Boshoff Steenekamp Getty Images Plus Humans are not the only species negatively ...

The Audubon Zoo is set to unveil on Friday a walk-through exhibit with more than 70 rare birds from tropical and semitropical regions around the world. In Wings of the World, an immersive experience ...

Scientists know comparatively little about the breeding seasons of tropical birds. This point is underscored by a new study that shows insect-eating birds in the tropics can postpone breeding by ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...