Legend has it that the Santiago river used to swallow the canoe of anyone trying to explore it. Now an indigenous community ...

The Numbers Tell An Incredible Story The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with ...

A viral TikTok video showing what appears to be a massive creature swimming in the Amazon River has ignited widespread ...

The scientists claim to have traced the river's source to a snow-capped mountain in southern Peru, adding a new twist in the swirling debate over the longest river label. The Amazon is considered the ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute on Saturday released thousands of giant Amazon River turtle ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of ...

In June 2024, satellite images taken of the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries captured healthy rushing waters and high water lines. Now, a mere three months later, images of the same locations ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

The confluence of the Rio Negro and Amazon River, near Manaus, Brazil. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons user Sherpas 428 under CC BY 2.0 Deed license In Gaza, an ongoing shortage of water ...

The Abercrombie & Kent Pure Amazon River Cruise offers luxury accommodations, local cuisine, wildlife excursions, and ...

TEFÉ, Brazil — Each morning for the last several weeks, researcher Miriam Marmontel has gazed out at Lake Tefé and the Amazon River, through a thick curtain of smoke from thousands of wildfires raging ...