the bank of the Amazon River was not where you'd expect to find an apprentice stocking-maker from Leicester. Self-taught British entomologist Henry Walter Bates spent 11 years collecting butterflies ...

and Xingu Rivers are all tributaries of the Amazon River. At the same time, the Paraguay River crosses the Pantanal. Brazil's northern region is expected to maintain intense drought conditions ...

The Amazon River in South America ... stretching across Peru, Colombia and Brazil. It is home to the world’s largest species of river dolphin and some 60 species of piranha.