The Amazon River holds secrets as deep and dark as its waters. In this jaw-dropping video, discover the 9 biggest and ...

Fierce and gigantic, if you ever see or come across an arapaima fish along the rainforest rivers of the Amazon, then you will ...

A new report by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center has ...

In June 2024, satellite images taken of the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries captured healthy rushing waters and high water lines. Now, a mere three months later, images of the same ...

On the 1,450-kilometer (900-mile) Madeira River, responsible for 15% of the water in the Amazon Basin, levels dropped to just 53 centimeters (21 inches) on Sept. 16 in Rondônia state in northwest ...

Fishermen hold an aphanotorulus unicolor, a species of catfish, they caught in the Amazon River amid a drought on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

Following last year’s drought, barges were prevented from using some ports on the Amazon River, and the outlook for this year is even worse, said consultancy ARGUS. “This could lead to the ...

Great Waves Mystery Out of nowhere, they appeared suddenly on the river--long waves roughly 50 yards across. "The were coming up, one after the other, undercutting our Amazon bicycles, almost ...

In Colombia, the river's fall has isolated some rural Indigenous communities, prompting nonprofits and the government to deliver water and food to places that depend on rain and river water to survive ...

BRASILIA, Sept 2 (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 ...

Right: A river trader stands on the deck of his family’s home, which used to float on the river. Through years of reporting in the Amazon, I’ve gotten to know the region well.

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years.