A rainfrog, an amphibious mouse, and a “blob-headed” fish are only some of the 27 new species discovered deep Peru’s Amazon ...

40,000 plants, and 2.5 million insect species. And still counting. The staggering diversity of the lush Amazon rainforest remains, in many ways, a mystery. Why is this area of South America the most ...

Are you sure you want to visit a rainforest? With the whooping monkeys, the kaleidoscopic birds, and the immensely lush ...

accounting for about half the total emissions of gaseous organic compounds from plants. "The Amazon rainforest alone is responsible for over a quarter of these emissions," explains atmospheric ...

This would have been cooler than tropicla rainforests we might typically think of—such as the Amazon rainforest—but still able to support a rich, diverse ecosystem of plant and animal life.