There are moreinsectsthan any other type of animal in the Amazon Rainforest. Famous examples are the leafcutter ants, who can harvest huge amounts of vegetation, but who also help it to grow, and blue morpho butterflies, whose colours are so bright they can be seen by pilots flying over ...
About 20% of all animals in the world are from the Amazon rainforest. The following article will cover as many as possible of the Amazon rainforest animals and help you know more about this beautiful natural world.
Poison dart frogs are probably the most deadly creatures of Amazon rainforest. In the Amazon they found in marshes, lakes, swamps, streams and rivers. Depending on the habitats, the poison dart frogs found in different colors including gold, copper, red blue or green. Thegolden poison dart f...
The Amazon milk frog is a large rainforestfrogthat is named for the poisonous, milky fluid it secretes when stressed. It is also known as the blue milk frog, for the striking blue coloring of its mouth and feet. Its other name is the Mission golden-eyed tree frog, for the black cross...
Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog 1)Plant Diversity is Still a Mystery The number one fact on our list has to be that scientists still do not fully understand how so many species of plant exist in the rainforest, and why they do in the first place. The Amazon rainforest is one of the ...
secreted out of pores in the frogs’ skin is used by native hunters to poison their blow darts (this is what gives the frogs their name). Poison dart frogs found in the Amazon Rainforest include the Blue Poison Dart Frog, the Reticulated Poison Dart Frog, and the Dyeing Dart Frog. ...
Along with the Scarlet and Chestnut-fronted Macaw, Blue-and-yellow Macaw can be seen crossing in the skies of the Amazon Rainforest. Their diets mainly consist of fruit and nuts from native Amazonian trees and palms, which they break with their strong hooked beaks. ...
As the featured image at the top of this article shows, this is the icon of the Amazon Rainforest – photo taken atPeru’s Tambopata Research Center. Scarlet Macaws are a predominantly red, large macaw with stripes of blue and yellow across their feathers. They feed on nuts, seeds, and...
“Not much…just traveled to the Amazon, slept under mosquito netting, checked for bats in the toilets, braved torrential downpours in the rainforest canopy, and did research on tiny poison dart frogs. How ‘bout you?” That is exactly what this band of intrepid explorers did – and then...
Not that a flash will help you with subjects high in the trees, but if you’re on a jungle walk through the rainforest you’ll be plunged into low light. If you find something you want to photograph (a poison dart frog or tarantula, for example) you’ll need a flash. ...