While hiking in a mountain forest of China, scientists scared a “secretive” creature out of its hiding place and rediscovered a rare species. Photo from Liu, Luo, Xiao, Peng, Zhang and Li (2025) In a ...

ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park in China’s Hunan Province has become internationally renown since the release of the 2009 movie Avatar. The movie was filmed in these mountains, more specifically, the ...

More than 85% of the world's bird, mammal, and amphibian species live in mountains, particularly in forest habitats, but researchers report that these forests are disappearing at an accelerating rate.

In a mountain forest of southeastern China, a "secretive" creature tucked itself under some dead leaves. Something nearby "disturbed" it, and it emerged from its hiding place. Nearby scientists ...