A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, making it the second-longest river in the world. Amazon River cruises ...

After nine days of expedition along a 950-kilometer stretch of the Amazon river passing through Peru, Colombia and Brazil, scientists from WWF, Omacha Foundation, Mamirauá Institute and Solinia ...

The Amazon River is one of the world’s largest and most powerful river systems, carrying an extraordinary volume of freshwater across South America before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. Its immense ...

The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world, flowing through the heart of South America. But here’s a surprising fact: despite stretching over 6,400 kilometres, it has no bridges ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Falling water levels in the rivers and lakes of the Brazilian Amazon are restricting the flow of ships and boats, the main form of transport in the ...

Brazil extends moratorium on fishing for piracatinga, which are often caught using river dolphins as bait River dolphins across Brazil have a little extra breathing space after the government suddenly ...

Only the youngest and strongest villagers now brave the crossing of a vast, blistering stretch of sand where, in normal times, the waters of the mighty Madeira River flow in the Brazilian Amazon.

The Amazon River has seen its levels in Colombia reduced by as much as 90 percent, a government agency said Thursday, as South America faces a severe and widespread drought. The river—the world's ...

The Amazon River Basin, like others around the world, was formed when South America tipped like a see-saw. SOUTH AMERICA’S AMAZON RIVER Basin was a vast wetland for millions of years. That was until ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

This project was originally published in Science magazine. The story was supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Pendleton Mazer Family Fund. MANAUS, Brazil—Jochen Schöngart darts back and forth ...

Therefore, Amazon river dolphins can rotate their heads when moving among trees in flooded forests. Moreover, they have a very long and narrow snout that contains many teeth. Because Amazon rivers are ...