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 ...

In June 2024, satellite images taken of the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries captured healthy rushing waters and high water lines. Now, a mere three months later, images of the same locations ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

I was a bit apprehensive about my journey up the Amazon River. I’m not really a fan of bugs and reptiles, and in this region they take on mythical proportions. Bugs that can actually snap a pencil in ...

By André Schröder On the afternoon of Oct. 7, 2024, a section of banks along the Solimões River abruptly collapsed at the port of Manacapuru in Brazil’s Amazonas state. The resulting crater was the ...

An Amazonian lake reached 106°F recently, and that heat killed hundreds of river dolphins - an alarming sign of climate ...

Ticks, tarantulas and unchartered territory, oh my! A UK explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river and two waterfalls, accomplishing this feat all while being stalked by a jaguar ...

Joshua Rapp Learn is an award-winning D.C.-based science journalist who frequently writes for Discover Magazine, covering topics about archaeology, wildlife, paleontology, space and other topics. View ...

The giant red-tail catfish is one of scores of catfish found throughout the Amazon. As the plane fitted with floats careens off the air pockets wafting from the canopy of the Amazon below, I’m eager ...

“Mongabay.com’s new series ‘Last Chance to See’ will attempt to highlight wild places on the verge of disappearing or being changed irrevocably.” Early morning fishing on the Xingu River. Photo ...

Scientists have discovered vibrant coral reef ecosystem near the mouth of the Amazon River that stretches roughly 3,700 square miles -- even though coral isn’t supposed to be able to grow there in the ...