Amazon River: Have you ever wondered how the Amazon river got its name? Well the story goes that when Spanish explorers discovered it, local tribes wearing headgears and grass skirts attacked them.

Over the last four years, the river and its surrounding area within the Amazon ... location at a school soccer field that overlooked 10- 15 kilometers of the river they needed to map.

River dolphins are found throughout the Amazon basin, but we know surprisingly little about ... “In tagging these dolphins, we hope to be able to map where they go when they disappear from sight.

The expedition has already secured some prestigious partnerships: support from the Explorers Club, an IMAX deal for a related film production and an assignment to produce a new Amazon river map ...

Researchers in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest ... While the exact location has yet to be confirmed from two choices, scientists say either ...

the mountains where the Amazon is said to begin. For the next seven months, members will map and measure the river’s entire course until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Then, if all goes smoothly ...