The miners use mercury to separate gold from sediment, then dump the sludge back into rivers, where it enters fish eaten by ...

A sailing yacht which inspired part of the Swallows and Amazons series of novels is marking 90 years since it was first ...

Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river ...

The Amazon has always carried an air of mystery, with its winding waterways and dense rainforest stretching for miles.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras on Wednesday concluded an emergency drill in the country's Foz do Amazonas basin, the company and Brazil's environmental ...

SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) — Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon River in Brazil to the only primary school in ...

Colombia faces several challenges. The assassination of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay and two deadly attacks on August 21 are stark reminders that violence in the South American country ...

Tijuana River Valley watershed, on both sides of the border. (Image courtesy of Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve) A new Kumeyaay play about restoring the Tijuana River Estuary is ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday traveled to an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, where she affirmed Peru’s unquestionable ...

Thursday the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a massive restoration project south of the mouth of the Eel River. The project, involving conservation easements with five landowners, ...