Damage to the river’s ecosystems is taking a toll on their livelihoods, with some forced to give up fishing for the more lucrative, but environmentally destructive, activity of river sand mining.

In September 2024, the Amazon’s worst drought in generations hit Paraizinho, a small riverside community that depends on the once-reliable Madeira River. Crops withered. Wells ran dry. The river, ...

Poverty and poor border controls have allowed young women to be trafficked into the sex trade catering to illegal gold miners ...

COP30 Spotlight: counting the cost of Amazon hydropower to local indigenous communities.

After 20 minutes–arms trembling and the line racing back out as the fish battled anew—I yelled to Stephen, the resort ...

A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at the ...

Mother and daughter killed after being hit by train in Ohio while fishing, toddler injured, crews looking for missing infant in river ...

In addition to environmental risks, experts criticize what they describe as the country’s “race against time” in the search ...

A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at ...

Eh Cress Moo was Lah Tray Moo's niece, KMTV reported. The girls were reported missing on April 15, while fishing in the river, KMTV said. The Omaha Fire Department said its special operations team ...