Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US ...

Seeing illegal gold mines despoil remote Ecuadorian forests helped me to understand what happened to Pittsburgh — and to ...

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 ...

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, far from active volcanic zones or geothermal hotspots, a river defies scientific expectations by reaching temperatures close to 100°C (212°F) — hot enough to boil ...

The jungle town of Leticia provides Colombia’s only access to the Amazon River. But as the river changes course the town could soon be left high and dry and that’s fueling a border dispute with ...

A s manatee populations in South Florida are threatened by the weight of human impacts, from motorboat strikes to ...

You no longer need a plane ticket to Brazil and a trek through the rainforest to land one of the world’s most elusive predators. The Arapaima, a prehistoric giant once exclusive to the Amazon River, ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...

Pink dolphins are an indicator species of the Amazon river, scientists say. Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, ...

Dolphins are usually grey and quick in the open ocean. In rivers, though, they can be different. In the Amazon, there’s a pink one, gliding through mu.