The Amazon Rainforest is often hailed as a medicinal treasure trove, with over 25% of modern medicines derived from its myriad plants. Yet, many species remain understudied, holding the potential ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on Earth. Oh, it's really raining and very warm! Plants grow well here because it's so hot and wet. This tree has its own microhabitat.