Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

You can only really do the Amazon from the water. The world’s greatest river rises in Peru’s Andean uplands and ends at the ...

Indigenous communities along the Amazon River are grappling with severe challenges as an unprecedented drought causes water levels to plummet. Unforeseen scarcity is threatening livelihoods and access ...

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 ...

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team ...

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The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and ...

The river port in the most populated city of Brazil's Amazon rainforest recorded its lowest water level in over a century on Monday amid a drought that has left boats stranded on the Amazon river and ...

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River ...

Brazil's environmental agency Ibama greenlit state-run oil company Petrobras to conduct exploratory research by drilling wells in the Foz do Amazonas region, near the mouth of the Amazon river, the ...