Amazon rainforest, Ecuador Jun 22, 2025

The Amazon Rainforest spreads across much of the Amazon basin in South America. One notable region is in Ecuador. Although smaller than Brazil"s share, it"s considered one of the most biologically dense areas on Earth. It also shelters an extraordinary range of life—jaguars, macaws, black caimans, electric eels and medicinal plants, many of which are still unknown to science.

© Mark Fox/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jun 22, 2024Amazon rainforest, Brazil

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 10, 2024Collared aracari
Aug 27, 2023Jeju Island, South Korea
Apr 21, 2024Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dec 5, 2024Tufa formation on Mono Lake, California, United States
Feb 5, 2024Monarch butterflies
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida, United States
Jul 13, 2025Basalt columns in Kálfshamarsvík cove, Skagi peninsula, Iceland
Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Oct 4, 2025ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour
Mar 30, 2024Brown-throated three-toed sloth
Mar 27, 2024Tea plantation near Munnar, India
Apr 9, 2025Naxos, Cyclades, Greece
Jun 13, 2025Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Oct 30, 2024Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
Jun 2, 2024Ploumanach Lighthouse, France
Nov 7, 2023Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
Mar 21, 2024Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Dec 29, 2023Oud-West neighbourhood, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dec 26, 2024Christmas lights at Mousehole harbour, Cornwall, England
Apr 27, 2025Coastal redwoods in Redwood National and State Parks, California, United States
Oct 2, 2025Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Wyoming, United States
Jun 5, 2025Fumacinha Waterfall, Chapada Diamantina, Brazil
Mar 4, 2024Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Apr 10, 2025Red fox cubs near their den
Feb 16, 2024Pyrrhuloxia bird
May 28, 2025Sea otter
Feb 8, 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Dec 8, 2023La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
Sep 23, 2024Sea otter, Alaska, USA
Sep 18, 2023Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, Portugal