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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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