The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the ...

Crossing into Bolivia was seamless, and our new tour director, Hector, took us to Copacabana on the Bolivian side of Lake ...

Maloca is the name given to the houses where indigenous communities of the Amazon rainforest live, settled in regions of the ...

The period between the end of the rubber boom and the onset of the colonisation frenzy that began in the 1960s was a time of ...

Rio Negro in the Amazon is the largest blackwater river in the world. Rio Negro means Black River and as the name suggests, the river waters are similar in colour to black tea ...

More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is ...

Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia ... Image The dry river bed of the Tapajos River in the Amazon rainforest. The drought in South America is now into its second year.Credit...Amanda Perobelli/Reuters ...

This vast ecosystem, which makes up most of the Amazon River Basin, is one of the most ... while the rest reaches into Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and French ...

When it comes to planning an Amazon River cruise, you'll need to consider more than your budget, including where to go and ...

More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is ...

In Brazil's Amazon region alone, more than 1,700 schools and more than 760 medical clinics had to close or became inaccessible because of low river levels. In Colombia's Amazon, lack of drinking ...

Since May, blazes have ravaged forests and savannas across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru.