MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — 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 devastated ...

The journey loosely follows the Amazon’s flow and features Peschak’s photographs of the region’s biodiversity, novel wildlife ...

Bones from an Amazon pink river dolphin are embedded in dried mud along the banks of Lake Tefé in Tefe, Brazil, on Oct. 31, 2023. More than 200 river dolphins died in the 2023 drought that sent water ...

From the Andes to the Atlantic and back again, the dorado catfish reveals the connectivity of one of the world’s largest ...

TAPAUA, Brazil (AP) — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas ...

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less-than-usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

LETICIA – Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their way. At 69, after a ...

Alongside the extraordinary fluvial discharges and the intense tidal currents, vigorous currents induced by the wind and an active western boundary current make this area one of the most energetic ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

Hatchlings talk inside their shells to time their birth, but the roar of massive barges may soon drown out their sound.

Indigenous communities along the Amazon River are grappling with severe challenges as an unprecedented drought causes water levels to plummet. Unforeseen scarcity is threatening livelihoods and access ...