Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

Deep in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a silent and haunting ... insight into the life of the hermit as he hacked down a tree before glancing straight into the camera lens and ...

Deep in the Amazon Rainforest ... trips to see river and rainforest wildlife across a 5,900km square area. Among those are Amazon Pink Dolphins, jaguars, three-toed sloth, anacondas, caimans ...

An aerial view of dredges at an illegal gold mining area in the Amazon region of Peru. Ernesto Benavides / AFP via Getty Images Gold mining has ramped up across the Amazon rainforest in recent ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth ... Close-up of a majestic harpy eagle standing on a tree branch amidst lush background. Photo by Itiel Cd The harpy eagle is one of ...

An international team of researchers has now examined tree rings of species native to the Peruvian Amazon to determine if trees could be used to show approximately where and when atmospheric ...

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus ... metallic shrieks. Baby sloth poses for the camera on the tree. Image via depositphotos Sloths, unique to the Amazon, are renowned for their slow ...

It is perhaps a slightly more niche destination; a stop for river cruises heading into the Amazon rainforest ... in front of a 200-year-old Kapok tree – a sacred tree for many Amazonian tribes.

Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, motorists hauling along the few highways that bisect the great ecosystem will have seen a series of rope bridges extending from the tree tops over their heads.