The rainforest is also home to species like the black caiman, which thrives in the Amazon’s waters, and the elusive sloth, which moves slowly but perfectly adapted to its tree-dwelling life.

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8. Caiman There are six species of caiman and four of them live in the Amazon rainforest. Although some species are fairly small, the largest — the black caiman — can reach 13 feet long.

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More than 4,000 tree species are found only in Mexico and Central America, or Mesoamerica. Research published in Plants, People, Planet reveals that nearly half of these tree species are ...

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“I would say fireflies are threatened due to habitat loss, but they are not going extinct, some are adapting in different regions," said Virginia Tech entomologist Eric Day in an interview with ...