Nile or Amazon? It’s not as straightforward as you think. Let’s untangle the science, measurements, and muddy sources behind ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

About an hour and a half south of Savannah, paddlers can find a forgotten gem.Nicknamed Georgia’s "Little Amazon," the 137-mile Altamaha River meanders through hardwood forests and old-growth ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper and greener alternative to gas-powered vessels.

The Amazon River slinks through the northern jungles of Peru, rushing past the remotest corners of the earth alongside uncontacted tribes and rare wild animals. It continues up to Colombia's ...

Drought Leads to Rapidly Shrinking Amazon River : State of the World from NPR The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought ...

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight ...

Line chart showing the daily Amazon river level recorded along Port Manaus from year 2000 to Oct. 4, ... The Rio Negro is a major tributary of the Amazon River, the world's largest river by volume.