In Brazil's Amazon, dolphin therapy aids people with disabilities Floating in the Rio Negro river in the Brazilian Amazon, Luiz Felipe, who has Down Syndrome, beams as he hugs a pink dolphin ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP ... It is planned near the mouth of the Madeira River, which flows into the Amazon River. The build-out will include two shafts reaching a depth of 920 meters ...

COSTA MARQUES, Brazil ... yielded one of the Amazon’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries: a vast Portuguese military fortress rising above the Guaporé River. The 1913 sighting ...

BRASILIA, Brazil ... of it in the Amazon. In the past two years, the Amazon basin has suffered its worst drought on record, leading to a surge in wildfires, isolation for river communities ...

For more than a month, agents with Funai, Brazil’s federal ... highly dependent on river transportation for the supply of goods. Amazonas state has one of the Amazon’s best-preserved areas ...

DEUS E PAI, Brazil, March 20 (Reuters ... Years of extreme droughts in the Amazon rainforest that studies have attributed to climate change have made river journeys to and from remote communities ...

It is perhaps a slightly more niche destination; a stop for river cruises heading into the Amazon rainforest, or for backpackers travelling around every corner of Brazil. Known as the ‘gateway ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

As ancient as their trade may be, midwives have seldom been more vital in this corner of the Amazon rainforest. A changing climate has triggered years of extreme droughts, making river journeys ...