World Rainforest Day Jun 22, 2024

World Rainforest Day

Fresh air, rustling leaves, and thousands of wildlife species—welcome to the Amazon rainforest. Covering more than 2,100,000 square miles, this South America treasure extends its branches across nine nations—Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Today, the Amazon is home to more than 30 million people, but it also carries secrets of lost civilizations. Archaeologists recently discovered a network of cities here dating back 2,500 years.

© Claus Meyer/plainpicture

palette

Today in History

Jun 22, 2018Celebrating Take Your Dog to Work Day
Jun 22, 2019Reflections on the mighty Amazon
Jun 22, 2020Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
Jun 22, 2021Land of the midnight sun
Jun 22, 2022World Rainforest Day
Jun 22, 2023World Rainforest Day
Jun 22, 2025World Rainforest Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 12, 2024Mount Rainier National Park
Jul 31, 2023Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
Dec 24, 2018The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
Dec 12, 2024Poinsettia Day
Jan 13, 2020Welcome to California
Dec 18, 2022South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
Jun 27, 2020Looking for peace on the precipice
Oct 13, 2025Cedar Mesa, Utah, for Indigenous Peoples Day
Mar 7, 2024Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
Sep 17, 2025A young bull moose in Denali National Park, Alaska
Sep 24, 2021The crossroads of empires
Jun 19, 2022Father s Day
Nov 10, 2021Cumberland Island National Seashore
Jun 24, 2020Midsummer in Sweden
Feb 25, 2018Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Jan 1, 2019New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
Sep 21, 2025Sea Otter Awareness Week
Jun 25, 2022Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Apr 25, 2019Here comes summer
Mar 22, 2018Join us in celebrating World Water Day
Sep 28, 2023World Maritime Day
Jan 25, 2023Burns Night
Apr 15, 2019Celebrating World Art Day
Aug 10, 2022Joshua Tree National Park
Jun 3, 2022World Bicycle Day
Nov 23, 2025Fibonacci Day
Dec 15, 2020A bridge that rocks
Apr 25, 2018National Park Week: Wind Cave National Park
Feb 6, 2024Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Jan 26, 2025European beech forest, Belgium