Researchers in the Amazon rainforest uncovered an extraordinary “canvas” made up of drawings of mastodons, giant sloths and ...

Victoria water lilies are among the largest in the world, spanning up to 10 feet in the Amazon rainforest with ... 142 pounds of sand. The giant Victoria water lily held 142 pounds of sand in ...

If predators try to raid their nests, the young chicks leap to the water to escape ... It protects some 1.1 million hectares of Amazon rainforest. It’s one of the most biodiverse forests ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires ... It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species.

Victoria water lily leaves stretch up to eight feet wide ... The gardens’ first Waterlily Court opened in 1957 as a place to grow two giant Victoria species, says Tim Jennings, horticultural ...