From a giant venomous centipede to a tiny but horrendous worm - here are some of the Amazon's most deadly animals ...

From a bird's eye view, the Amazon rainforest appears as a lush green mosaic of treetops stretching as far as the eye can see. It is home to countless animal and plant species, many of which are ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an ...

The tropical forests of the Amazon and Andes are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but across both regions, changes in climate and landscape conditions are driving a shift in the ...

A leopard quietly observes its territory in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil. Surrounded by plants and fallen leaves, it watches ...

A rare ancient plant dating to the dinosaur era is found living underwater in Amazon wetlands, reshaping science and ...

A 200-million-year-old cycad species that coexisted with dinosaurs and still survives has been discovered in the Amazon.

Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ...

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, is home to the only tropical rainforest in the continental U.S. The Richard H. Simons Rainforest comprises two open-air acres of Fairchild's ...

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

Tucked into Brazil’s Amazon forest, along the Maici River where recently contacted Pirahã people live, journalists observed a dramatic uptick in forest loss. According to data from Global Forest Watch ...