High above the forest floor, the Amazon’s newest thoroughfares are not branches or lianas but human-built walkways, and the region’s wildlife is quietly adapting. Elevated paths meant for tourists and ...

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

The Amazon rainforest is under constant threat from encroachment and segmentation, but animals are finding a lifeline thanks to canopy walkways.

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 ...

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. The Brazilian Amazon ...

Tests were done to see what may have happened to the dolphin. A second dolphin was found on Hilton Head Island beach.

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 ...

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 ...

Jaguar rescued after being shot in the head released back into the Amazon rainforest. A jaguar rescued from the middle of the ...