The Waorani hunters knew where to look. Wading into river systems threading through their territory in Ecuador’s Orellana and ...

"If such an iconic animal went unnoticed for so many years, what about the less conspicuous and less studied animals and ...

Brazil records an average of 29,000 snakebites a year, leading to around 130 deaths. And it is in the Amazon that the greatest number of cases occur. This region is home to 38 of the 75 species of ...

Scientists working in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a new species of snake, rumored to be the biggest in the world. A team from the University of Queensland traveled to the Ecuadorian Amazon ...

The green anaconda, an aquatic snake often found in South America's Amazon region, is the largest of its kind — measuring nearly 21 feet in length, according to experts. Now, the snake behemoth has ...

The Amazon is famous for the mighty river, but high above the canopy, another vast flow of water is moving across South ...