Legend has it that the Santiago river used to swallow the canoe of anyone trying to explore it. Now an indigenous community ...

How do you police the world's biggest tropical rainforest? Faced with deadly violence, indigenous people have set up their ...

Brazil’s decision to approve oil drilling exploration near the Amazon River has raised concerns over the future of the ...

Learn why the Amazon is critical for our planet and how WWF is working to protect its forests, rivers, and wildlife from growing threats.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled ...

When people talk about “the Amazon,” they generally mean the vast Amazon rainforest, not the river that gave the forest its name. (To test this, Google “the Amazon.” When I did that, the list of top ...

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem ...

Dinosaur footprints found in the Amazon rainforest offer rare evidence of Jurassic-era species once roaming this tropical ...

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 ...

I stayed in an overwater lodge in the Amazon rainforest.Eibhlis Gale-Coleman I spent about three days at an all-inclusive lodge in the Amazon rainforest for $270. I had to take a two-hour bus and a ...

“You’re engulfed in waves of steam and sweating buckets and there’s no cool water anywhere,” Kenneth Feeley, a professor at the University of Miami, tells Mongabay. He’s describing the Boiling River ...

Whether in the Peruvian Andes or the Amazon, Paddington is just fine with his duffle coat. But you’ll need these packing tips for your Peru Amazon cruise.