The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...

In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...

Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite ...

The researchers analyzed nutritional value, mercury content, price and abundance for 59 fish species in the Amazon River. They found that smaller species that are more common and less expensive ...

A young man from an isolated indigenous tribe who approached a community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said. The encounter ...

"Often, these risks vs. benefits are looked at in siloes." Researchers uncover new information about fish that may affect ...

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru denounced the use of local children as 'human shields' to protect illegal mining activities and demanded ...

While urinating as a means to communicate or increase social bonding is not uncommon among animals, it is unusual for aquatic ...

The new Paddington in Peru film features the Peruvian bear returning to his homeland to look for his aunt in the Amazon rainforest via river boat. Want to follow Paddington and explore Peru too?

After five years of planning, design, construction and animal acquisition, Caldwell Zoo‘s long-awaited Amazon River’s Edge will soon be ready for a soft opening. “The goals of zoos have ...