From a giant venomous centipede to a tiny but horrendous worm - here are some of the Amazon's most deadly animals ...

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 ...

Tropical rain forests lie close to the equator. These forests are known for their tall trees, dense vegetation, and for being both humid and wet. Some animals that are on the rainforest most dangerous ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...

They may be the size of a Shetland pony and weigh up to 275kg (600lb) but pigmy hippos are very hard to spot in the wild. In their West African homelands they live in dense forest and only move around ...