Describes the ecology of the Amazon rainforest, the characteristics of its climate, the impact of human actions on this environment and the need for stronger conservation efforts to save the rainforests.

This site from the Rainforest Action Network deals with the preservation of our rainforests and what you can do to help.

Guardian correspondent Rory Carroll discusses the struggles of the indigenous tribes of the Amazon against Peruvian security forces. (July 4, 2009)

Identify dangerous frogs from the Amazon, determine what makes the frogs dangerous to humans and create posters depicting the frogs.

Once native to the southwestern United States, breeding populations of Jaguars no longer exist in the region, and populations in Central and South America have become very small. Only in parts of the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal...

A project where young scholars research and learn about animals of the rainforest. Students then make mobiles displaying several different animal pictures and facts.