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

As Lake Victoria's rising waters displace families, Catholic leaders and villagers plant bamboo to restore their land and send a message to world leaders meeting in Brazil.

SAI CINZA, Brazil >> Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening ...

Pure Amazon, an A&K Sanctuary riverboat, offers fine dining, customizable excursions within the Peruvian Amazon’s Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, and accommodations tailored to solo travelers.

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng 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 ...

Sometimes the best antidote to modern life’s chaos is a town where the most stressful decision involves choosing between a morning riverside walk or an afternoon bike ride, and Montague, Massachusetts ...

The Mashco Piro have chosen to be cut off from the world for more than a century. They hunt with long bows and arrows, ...

The newly launched 'Pure Amazon' from high-end operator Abercrombie & Kent takes guests on the ultimate floating safari ...

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River FILE - Fuel reservoirs sit at a distribution center for state-run oil company ...