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…
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 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 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…
Amazon Rainforest Parrots
The Amazon is home to many different parrots like the famed macaws, parrotlets, and parakeets. Parrots are grouped in the order Psittaciformes and can be identified by their upright stance,…
Amazon Rainforest Toucans
Toucans are another icon of the Amazon Rainforest. Amazon Toucans feed on a range of things like insects, nestling birds, eggs and other small vertebrates but primarily eat a diversity…
Amazon Rainforest Fish
There are over 2000 different species of fish in Amazon Rainforest waters. Amazon Rainforest fish are the main source of protein for local Amazon communities and also a main source…
Amazon Rainforest Lizards
There are just over 100 different Amazon Rainforest lizards including the familiar favorites. If visiting the the Amazon region, you can find an assortment of different types from the well…
Amazon Rainforest Reptiles
The western Amazon Rainforest, found in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and western Brazil, has the highest diversity of reptiles in South America and there is a comparatively low amount in the…