Across the Amazon, the spread of off-grid solar power, closed systems not connected to utility companies, is helping remote communities reduce their reliance on diesel while improving access to clean ...

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Siekopai people believe that the river's turtles never swim alone. Each charapa travels ...

A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, making it the second-longest river in the world. Amazon River cruises ...

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

Aug. 27 (UPI) --Major rivers across the Amazon region are experiencing an alarming decline in water levels because of the effects of El Niño, threatening to isolate hundreds of riverside communities ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A planned shipping waterway on the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, may disrupt the sophisticated social communication systems used ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering sediments, nutrients and organic material, braiding into a vast hydrologic ...