There is a reason people say you should never travel alone in the Amazon rainforest. As you go deeper into the jungle, the ...

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this. Anyone conducting ...

Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of land without putting their paws on the ground. That's true in the Amazon ...

Camera trap photos reveal the Amazon's extremely rare ghost dog. It hunts by day and is more elusive than expected. The post Extremely Rare "Ghost Dog" Miraculously Captured on Camera in the Amazon ...

Ghost dog of the Amazon - the mysterious canine so rare it’s almost never seen; Camera trap hidden deep in Amazon Rainforest ...

Artificial walkways in the Amazon rainforest aren't only being used by researchers and tourists to safely traverse the canopy. It turns out that these passages are also convenient for the local ...

Some animals inspire fear, while others inspire entire cosmologies. The green anaconda, widely regarded as the largest snake in the world, capable of reaching lengths of up to 30 feet and weighing ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

Why did evolution produce a spider the size of a dinner plate? The Goliath birdeater offers a fascinating glimpse into life ...

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 ...