They also support plant and animal life (50 percent ... Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of the world's ...

It's not always cosy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this.

But this habitat gets so much rain that they named it a rainforest ... home to lots of bugs and insects. All in this tiny spot of the tree! And what's that animal up in the tree?