The Amazon rainforest is a global hot spot of life and biodiversity. Spanning eight countries – Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – this 350-million-hectare forest is home to roughly 10% of known species on Earth.

Scroll through our interactive rainforest experience and explore 50 species of the Amazon. By the end, you'll be able to share a few ways we can protect these fascinating and unique species, the rainforest, its human inhabitants, and global climate stability.

[Note: Species depicted are not to scale]