The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture says the disease is widely found in Gabon,Angola,Malawi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

He found that mangroves store about three to four times more carbon per hectare as temperate forests or even tropical rainforests.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

Visitors can choose to visit rooms with river fish and animals, or they can explore creatures found in warm tropical waters.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

But Arctic air has damaged some Florida oranges and strawberries in recent days, and killed fish at tropical fish farms.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

They say thirty million tropical fish are disappearing every year because of a growing interest in tropical fish.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Paul Wyatt at the Drug Discovery for Tropical Diseases program at the University of Dundee led the study.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Last year,for the first time, the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Their study appeared in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, published by the Public Library of Science,.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

The Chazy Reef on the island contains coral, like a reef in a warm, tropical ocean.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Deforestation is mainly caused by the cutting down of tropical forests to provide land for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Francois Chappuis is a specialist in neglected tropical diseases with the international group Doctors Without Borders.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

A nonprofit agency called the International Center for Tropical Agriculture is working toward this goal.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Recently,some experts have suggested that he might have become infected with a tropical disease.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The next day,it grew strong enough for scientists to call it a tropical storm.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

Most come from the treetops in wet tropical forests in Central and South America.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The tropical weather and beaches bring people from all over the world.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

These are most often found in rural areas in tropical climates.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

They are from Suriname, in the Amazon Basin tropical forest.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Buruli ulcer is a disease found in tropical climates.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Paul Wyatt led the study at the Drug Discovery for Tropical Diseases program at the University of Dundee.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

And with higher sea levels, heavy rains and massive tides known as storm surges, which often accompany tropical storms, can do unexpected damage.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

This led Ayala to similar discoveries about the parasites that cause malaria and other tropical diseases.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"The most concerned extreme events in Southeast Asia is probably storm typhoon and tropical storm,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Sleeping sickness is one of a group of diseases known as "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

For many years, adventure writer Peter Heller had nurtured a secret dream: to drop everything and go off to a tropical paradise and learn how to surf.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Statistics from Australia's National Tidal Center show sea levels have increased by 8.6 millimeters a year off Perth and by 8.1 off the tropical Kimberley region over the past two decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"There are opportunities for small farmers in Africa in this market for some tropical products that cannot be grown in North America or Europe, for example products like organic cocoa or organic sugar,organic fruits and vegetables."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11