FILE – In this photo shot from a television screen provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and ...

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The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests. The Amazon rainforest ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, I joined local hunters for a catch and cook experience like no other. From traditional trapping methods to open-fire cooking, we prepared and tasted some of the most ...

aetherea is closely related to other species from the southwestern Amazon, but it maintains a distinct genetic lineage. Researchers suspect that these frogs have highly specific habitat ...

Recently, a gigantic anaconda was spotted deep in the Amazon rainforest. A video has gone viral on social media showing the enormous snake swimming through a canal in the forest, as seen from a ...

With no confirmed sightings of it in over 50 years, the little Mariana fruit bat has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s one of 21 species, including birds and ...

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The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest ... forming the emergent layer—small flying and gliding animals like birds, bats and butterflies are good at maneuvering from tree ...

An area of the Amazon was subjected to drought conditions for the research (Paulo Bittencourt/PA) The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could ...