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This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths.

From Florida to Amazonia: Fighting Deforestation

By Robert Walker published

Adventure and research meet as Robert Walker journeys throughout the Amazon to learn about the loss of tropical forests.

Planet Earth
White-plumed Antbird

Good News! Birds Thought Extinct Return to Harvested Rain Forest

By Remy Melina published

Birds through to have gone extinct in portions of the Amazon rainforest have made a comeback.

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Exploring Logging and Road Development in the Amazon Rain Forest

By Ellen Ferrante published

A team of researchers journeys to the Amazon to learn more about the logging industry and road networks that threaten rain forest sustainability.

Planet Earth
A treefrog (Osteocephalus heyeri) from the Amazonian rainforest.

Tree Frogs Provide New Answers to Amazon Diversity Puzzle

By Michelle Bryner published

Why some places have more species than others.

Frogs
pancake stingray dorsal view

New 'Pancake' Stingrays Discovered in the Amazon

By Live Science Staff published

A new genus, and two new species, of stingrays discovered.

Fish
Aerial view of Grão Pará Ecological Station, the world’s largest block of protected rainforest, located on the northern margin of the Amazon River.

New 'Jaguar' Catfish Found in Amazon

By Live Science Staff published

The fish has dark splotches resembling another Amazon denizen, the jaguar.

Jaguars
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Amazon's Biodiversity May Have Andes to Thank: Study

By Charles Q. Choi published

Rise of Andes Mountains influenced makeup of Amazon rainforest.

Planet Earth
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Drought Makes Rain Forest Greener

By Andrea Thompson published

Droughts may not hurt Amazon rainforest as much as previously thought.

Climate Change
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