Shocking photos capture the truth of this statement; in one, a barge ship is stranded high and dry on sand dunes, where waters used to flow. In another, a dead dolphin lies on the sand; in 2023 ...

Read the Portuguese version here. In the badlands of the southwestern Amazon, Antonia Barbosa is fighting to protect ancient archaeological finds from Brazil’s unstoppable $523 billion ...

Water levels in Brazil’s Amazon always rise and fall with its rainy and dry seasons — but not like this. At this time of year, the Negro River should still be around 21 meters deep at the ...

A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is cloaked ...

Right: A river trader stands on the deck of his family’s home, which used to float on the river. Through years of reporting in the Amazon, I’ve gotten to know the region well.

The Rio Negro, one of the Amazon River’s biggest tributaries, is at record lows for this time of year near the city of Manaus in Amazonas state. Its water levels are falling at around 7 inches a ...

The skull and other fossils of the ancient river dolphin were found in Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru in 2018 and date back over 16.5 million years to the Early to Middle Miocene. Named Pebanista yacuruna ...

Scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of the 16-million-year-old remains of the largest river dolphin ever found on Earth. A skull of the long-extinct creature was uncovered in the Amazon ...

The ancient creature, measuring 3-3.5 meters (9.8-11.5 feet), was surprisingly related to South Asian river dolphins rather than the local, living Amazon river pink dolphin and shared highly ...