Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. They have high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year. Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and ...

Macaws in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. This part of the Amazon tropical rainforest in Peru is home to these brightly-coloured Macaws. They eat seeds and like to nest in holes, like hollow trees.

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...