The Vaupés River and its extensive network of waterways and lagoons in the southeastern Colombian department of the same name are integral to the Indigenous Macaquiño community, who lives along its ...

Research shows Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging. Scientists have used satellite tags to track eight dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon, to discover ...

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 ...

HUMAITÁ, Brazil — The Madeira Basin, the most biodiverse region in the Amazon River Basin, boasts 1,406 catalogued species. However, this ecological richness is under threat from human activities and ...

This report, written by Rayane Penha, is the result of the Oil and Climate Change Microgrants, run by Agência Pública in partnership with WWF-Brazil. It was originally published on Agência Pública's ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - 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 ...

The Amazon River basin is larger than any other on the planet, covering an expanse of over six million square kilometres and is home to a vast abundance and variety of freshwater fish species. 1 While ...

GUAJARA-MIRIM, Brazil (AP) — On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while men embark in ...

Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research shows. Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research ...