Aerial view of sunset over Amazon River and rainforest in Brazil - Gummybone/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Because of the Amazon's scale and remoteness, you ...

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 ...

Chile is home to several different climates, each offering something special. The southwest region of Chile is home to the Selva Valdiviana, or the Valdivian Temperate Forest, which has monkey puzzle ...

Fortunately, the stoic village shaman, Carola, had already read my aura as “bright white, good” before she sacredly blew on my head and blessed me while waving a leafy hallucinogenic chacruna plant ...

Home to the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian state of Queensland is a land of beaches, islands and lush rainforests. With a tropical climate that lends itself to year-round travel, the northerly ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the largest single biomes on the planet. It covers around 2.5 million square miles, about three quarters the ...