Those who live in and around the Amazon rainforest have long passed down stories of a dangerous beast they call the “mapinguari,” a giant sloth-like creature who is over seven feet tall ...

On Nov. 26, 2024, a Facebook user posted a story (archived) about a "shocking discovery" that was allegedly made in the Amazon rainforest — the skeleton of a two-headed giant. The user said ...

The Amazon Rainforest has earned the title "The Lungs ... Think of it as the planet's own giant air purifier, working ...

These giant ground sloths ... the first to be found in the Amazon rainforest. Yet it was during a holiday in the opposite end of Brazil a few years later that I had the chance to visit one ...

While surveying the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, scientists stumbled upon an orange creature with eight legs and fangs. The creature, a type of giant crab spider, is a new species and the first ...