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 ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...

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 ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

Scientists have discovered a natural "internet of the forest" in the Amazon, where birds and monkeys share predator warnings ...

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 ...

For tree-dwelling animals in the Amazon, even a narrow road can become an almost impossible barrier. Highways slice through continuous rainforest canopies, forcing monkeys, sloths and other arboreal ...

The Amazon isn't just home to jaguars and anacondas. The canopy and rivers also house creatures that have mastered an unusual ...

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by, and dictated by, ...

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 ...