Throughout the 1700s, the Marañón River in northern Peru held the distinction of being the Amazon's source, says Andrew Johnston, a geographer with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space ...

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region. In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...

They used satellite technology to map the river. For this exploration, they traveled the Amazon through Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Yuri says it's almost 7,000 kilometers long — that's more than ...

For centuries, people believed the Amazon’s source was the Marañón River in northern Peru. Then explorers argued that following another remote tributary, Apurímac River, led to an even more ...

By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian indigenous groups were blocking a large river in the country’s Amazon region on Wednesday in protest over a crude oil spill of an estimated 2,500 ...

Deep in northern Peru lies a remote city that serves as a gateway to the Amazon. Take a river cruise, explore natural reserves, and delve into its dark history.

Amazon river dolphins in Peru are facing increasing threats from human activity, including fishing, proposed construction of dams, and dredging operations A study tracked the movements of dolphins ...

People from the Tikuna Indigenous community carry aid from a nonprofit amid a drought on Amazon River in Loma Linda, near Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Water levels have dropped by up ...

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as ...

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region. In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...