Brazil’s environmental regulator has refused to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration from environmentalists ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest. By Manuela Andreoni and Max ...

Brazil’s Negro River, Amazon’s 2nd largest tributary, and Madeira River have reached historically low water levels. Associated Press. Published October 17, 2023 9:20am EDT.

River levels in the Amazon are at record lows, upending lives, stranding boats and threatening endangered wildlfie, as Brazil endures its worst drought on record ...

The Sawre Muybu territory includes some 1,780 square kilometers (690 sq miles) of jungle on the banks of the Tapajos river, a once pristine tributary of the Amazon that is still one of Brazil's ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 16 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 16 story has been corrected to reflect a record low for a major tributary, not the Amazon River itself, in the headline and paragraph 1) A major ...

Bones from an Amazon pink river dolphin are embedded in dried mud along the banks of Lake Tefé in Tefe, Brazil, on Oct. 31, 2023. More than 200 river dolphins died in the 2023 drought that sent ...