International Rivers is working with frontline communities to explore legal protections for the Tapajos and Arapiuns rivers.

Serrasalmus magallanesi sp. nov., UMSS 11070, holotype 115.3 mm SL, Laguna 27 de Mayo, Beni River sub-basin, Beni Department, upper Madeira River, Amazon basin, Bolivia.

The Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru ...

Pink River Dolphins do exist. These svelt and graceful creatures navigate the cloudy rivers and lakes throughout the Amazon Basin, dining on fish and shrimp, making the freshwater realms their home.

Exxon Mobil and Chevron on Tuesday took their first steps toward exploring for oil in Brazil's Foz do Amazonas basin, ...

The Boiling River regularly reaches 86C – with drastic consequences for the surrounding rainforest. When you drive towards Peru's Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the ...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...

There's mercury in the Amazon. This scientist is tracking it down. In Peru, National Geographic Explorer Jennifer Angel-Amaya monitors the toxin, used in some mining operations, and aims to ...

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in ...

In a river of northern Bolivia, a silvery predator with “sharp” teeth swam through the murky waters. Its white eyes scanned ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a ...