Four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for attempting to smuggle tropical birds from San Juan, Puerto Rico, into the ...

Wildlife carers on the Sunshine and Gold Coasts are caring for injured tree-dwelling animals as well as seabirds buffeted by ...

But now, by examining prepared specimens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, scientists have discovered what could be yet another tool in the kit of the tropical birds — a ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...

The orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is one of the most recognized tropical plants in our island plant palette.

Heliconia bella in Panama. This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study.