Spanning eight countries and 2.1 million square miles, the Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most vast and diverse ecosystems. As well as having around 40,000 species of plants and trees ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...

The Amazon River. About 50 percent of the world’s animals and plants live in the rainforest. Here are 11 places on earth that are still unmapped. 5 / 26. IronHeart/Getty Images. Looking up.

The Amazon rainforest grows the most during the dry season, according to new research. The finding is surprising, because plants generally green up in the rainy season and "brown down" in the dry ...

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

The Amazon basin is one of Earth's hotspots of biodiversity. Just how many plants live there has been fiercely debated, with estimates for flowering plants ranging from the tens to hundreds of ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal ... As well as having around 40,000 species of plants and trees, the Amazon is home to approximately 2.5 million ...