When he first visited the wind-swept Monteverde cloud forest in the 1970s, University of Alabama biologist Robert O. Lawton "fell in love." No wonder. It is a luxuriant patch of tropical forest ...

The Monteverde forests are home to thousands of animal and plant species, including the resplendent quetzal bird, golden toads, the jaguar, 5000 moth species, and 400 orchid species.

He says cloud forests could act like “coalminer’s canaries”, giving an early warning of the damage local and global changes can have on an ecosystem. Journal reference: Science (vol ...

Sitting in a cloud forest on top of the Cordillera de Tilarán, the mountaintop town of Monteverde, Costa Rica seems isolated. But, its view stretches far beyond its boundaries. In today’s world ...

Monteverde, Costa Rica, has cloud forests, stunning eco-resorts, and treetop dining. Here's a full travel guide, featuring the best hotels and restaurants.

THE “cloud forest” of Monteverde, in the centre of Costa Rica, will soon no longer be worthy of the name: climate change threatens this unique ecosystem, and its fauna and flora face an ...