The sweet tropical fruit became such an important status symbol that, for many years, it was used only for display at parties – even rented out to poorer families to showcase in their homes for ...

Barro Colorado, a man-made island in the middle of the Panama Canal, is home to a research-rich outpost of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a living, breathing, jungle-forest research ...

MANGARATIBA, Brazil — All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit and human ...

RESEARCHERS have uncovered evidence of a tropical island that is now submerged underwater. Brazilian and British scientists were exploring the seafloor around a volcanic plateau dubbed Rio Grande R… ...