Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their ...

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine ...

The banks of the Amazon River this month in Colombia ... and editorial archive dedicated to the country’s architectural history. Rómulo Moya, 60, recounted frantic hours working to save ...

Experts believe dredging could unearth buried mercury deposits, which would harm the Amazon’s fragile ecosystem.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Amazonian lowlands were home to several hundred ethnic groups living in tens of ...

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as ...

Ash Dykes, 33, from Wales, and his team battled sickness and hallucinations to complete their epic 600km voyage ...

The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest, is where the Negro joins the Amazon River.

Brazil announced plans to dredge the Amazon River in an effort to combat a severe drought as scientists warn it could poison ...

MANAUS, Brazil — 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 ...

Scientists predict the Amazon region may not fully recover moisture levels until 2026. Last year, the drought became a humanitarian crisis, as people reliant on rivers were stranded without food ...

The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential ...