The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

Rivers are essential for life, providing water, food, and transportation. They also shape landscapes and support ecosystems worldwide. Contents1. Nile River — About 6,650 km2. Amazon River System — ...

On the banks of the Pastaza River, in Peru’s northern Datem del Marañón province, Kietre Gonzales remembers just how close his childhood home was to the aguajales, the swampy palm forests so common in ...

O iapoque is a sleepy town on the edge of the Amazon basin in Brazil’s northernmost tip. On weekdays fishermen haul their ...

Podcast host Zach Urness goes fishing in an unusual place — the bottom of an empty reservoir on a stream that only appears for a few weeks every year.

Throughout my life, the Amazon had distinct dry and rainy seasons. But recently, the weather has gone completely crazy. It ...

Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon ...

Scientists reveal Priocharax rex, a tiny Amazonian fish with a strange skin “wing” that redefines evolution in miniature.

Climate change contributed to the death of hundreds of river dolphins in Brazil recently, including pink dolphins.

These quiet breakthroughs can sometimes go unheard amidst the noise of the news cycle. So, from dramatic growth in renewable ...

While other species downsized and died out across millennia the anaconda remains an Amazon giant. The Green Anaconda is the ...

Tropical storms pummeled the land and ravaged ecosystems. Powerful floods engulfed streets and left cars stuck in mud. And ...