The Amazon Rainforest (English: Amazon Rain Forest) is located in the Amazon Plain in South America, covering an area of ​​7 million square kilometers. The rainforest crosses 8 countries: Brazil (accounting for 60% of the forest area), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana and Suriname, accounting for half of the world's rainforest area and 20% of the global forest area. It is the world's largest and most species-rich tropical rainforest. The Amazon rainforest is known as the "lungs of the earth".

From 2010 to 2013, among the 441 new species discovered by the Amazon exploration team, there are 258 species of plants, 84 species of fish, 58 species of amphibians, 22 species of reptiles, 18 species of birds and one mammal.