Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of ...

Let’s take a look at the most common animals in the stunning Amazon Rainforest. This post was updated on June 16, 2025 to include information on the newly discovered Ranitomeya aetherea . 1.

Though rainforests cover only 6 percent of the earth’s surface, it’s estimated they contain at least half of all the animal and plant species in the world. In such a warm, humid and biodiverse ...

A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...

All animals need the same important things to survive; water, air, shelter and food and a rainforest habitat provides plenty of all of them for all the species that are found there.

Under The Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest now open at Academy of Natural Sciences 03:10. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - No lions, tigers and bears. More like snakes, tarantulas and a sloth are taking over ...

Rainforest animal called a kinkajou rescued from dusty highway rest stop in Washington state. BY Associated Press AP. PUBLISHED 3:39 PM ET Jun. 28, 2024 PUBLISHED June 28, 2024 @ ...