The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

The Wider Image: The mission to save the Amazon's animals Porto Velho, BRAZIL (Reuters) - Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives. Vets ...

World Animal Protection recently released a report that shows the abuse Amazon animals undergo for tourist photos Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

STORY: "He's breathing OK." This Amazonian rodent could be yet another victim of mercury contamination. Inside a camping tent in the middle of the Peruvian jungle, scientists are trying to determine ...

It’s a happy ending for 22 wild Amazonian animals who were rescued last week from illegal captivity in Puerto Alegría, Peru, a tiny jungle town on the Amazon river. Peruvian law enforcement ...

Wildlife trade attention has recently focused on Africa. But a new report spotlights the brisk legal international trade in plants and animals from eight Amazon nations. The report did not look at the ...

The longer the Amazon burns, the more concern grows over the scope of the local and global impact. To be sure, the Amazon plays a major role in pulling planet-warming greenhouse gases out of the ...

Porto Velho, BRAZIL (Reuters) – Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives. Vets at the Clinidog clinic in the Amazon city of Porto Velho ...