Welcome to the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. Our homepage image was taken in Peru, home to about 13% of the Amazon rainforest. Most of it, about 60%, is in Brazil, while 10% is in Colombia. Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela also have sections within their borders. Covering nearly 40% of South America, the rainforest is teeming with life, including endangered species like jaguars and giant otters, more than 40,000 plants, and thousands of birds and butterflies. Millions of people also live in the Amazon.
World Rainforest Day
Today in History
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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World Turtle Day
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Manatees rebound
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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In the path of the pronghorn
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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When science looks like magic
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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A stunning national park in winter white
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Beware the Ides of March
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Fight for your lefts
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Winnie-the-Pooh Day
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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Yosemite National Park anniversary
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Fall color sweeps across the West
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Beaver achievers
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Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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Seville, Spain
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
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Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
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World Space Week
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Life in the slow lane
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