Did you know you can actually swim in the Amazon River? In Ecuador you can! In this video, Travel + Leisure guides you on an ...

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse yet challenging habitats in the world. It is home to thousands of different species, which have adapted to meet these challenges. One of the most ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...

Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be sensitive to low temperatures. On the right, the Brazilian ...

The Amazon rainforest is widely considered to be one of the most amazing ecosystems on the planet. With millions of different plants, animals, insects, fungi, and other things living here (many of ...

According to research published in the journal Ambio, plastic fragments have been found in wildlife and water across all nine Amazonian countries. As Mongabay observed, microplastics are appearing ...