Jungle Cats
The cats are one of the most specialised and highly adapted predators there are. With retractable claws, keen eyesight and acute senses, they are often the top predator no matter…
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Amazon Rainforest Jaguar
Jaguar are found throughout the Americas from Central America to Argentina. They are found in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador on the west of South America to Brazil’s highly threatened…
Amazon Jungle Anaconda
As Earth’s largest tropical wilderness, the Amazon is home to more species than anywhere else. The large predators and iconic animals that roam this expansive forest include the famous jaguar,…
Amazon Jungle Animals
Amazon jungle animals you can find include some of the icons of Amazonia, such as colorful macaw parrots, giant river otters, and the famous jaguar, but also a multitude of…
Rainforest Lizards
Lizards are regarded as the most successful reptiles. They are very diverse, and so diverse that it’s often hard to box-in and categories all lizards into the group, as they…
Amazon Rainforest Products
Products linked to the Amazon Rainforest include a range of familiar things we use today. For example, confectionary or personal care products involving cocoa or Brazil nuts can be traced…
Amazon Rainforest Diversity
The photo above is from the Refugio Amazonas Lodge, Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Home to the highest concentration of life on Earth, the Amazon Rainforest covers around 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000…
Rainforest Flowers
It’s the flowering plants (Angiosperms) that dominate rainforest habitats. Evolving to attract pollinators to their nectaries, flower petals act as beacons and landing pads to accommodate flies, bees, birds, bats…
Rainforest Carnivores
Carnivores feed off other animals in the rainforests and usually prey on herbivores. The most specialized carnivores are the cats with their retractable claws and acute senses. Carnivores don’t simply…
Rainforest Insects
There could be around 10 million insect species on Earth and a great many live in the world’s tropical forests. The most abundant insects in the rainforests are ants, but…