All 10 million people who live on the banks of the Amazon River can only cross the freshwater flow by boat. The lack of bridges is due, in part, to the seasonal changes in the Amazon River bed.

Bridges in the Amazon would work great… until January. For most of its length, the Amazon isn't anywhere close to too wide to bridge—in the dry season. But during the rainy season, the river ...

Under the lush thicket of the Peruvian Amazon is a river that boils and heats up to 212 ° F—hot enough to cook small animals that may fall into its path. But these steaming waters are still teeming ...

The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil, fell to its lowest level ever on Monday in the worst drought on record in the Amazon region, leaving villages on its ...

The secret wildlife and remarkable people of the Amazon, from shamans to electric eels. The Amazon, the greatest river system on Earth, amasses one-fifth of Earth’s freshwater as it flows east ...

Every spring when the rains fall in South America, the Amazon River and its tributaries begin to spill their banks. Eventually, thousands of square miles of rainforest are flooded, creating a vast ...

HUMAITA, Brazil, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Water levels in the rivers that run through the vast Amazon rainforest have been falling, after a record drought followed by less rain, presenting unprecedented ...

In the heart of the Amazon, this pristine wilderness shows nature’s resilience. Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, along the banks of the Napo River, shows how biodiversity can thrive when ...

Experiences like this are the reason I've come to spend four days sailing along the head of the Amazon River and into the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve with Aqua Expeditions, an adventure-cruise ...

The world's longest river is at its lowest levels after a long drought. That's left the Amazon Rainforest, the vital waterway and tributaries parched, stranding communities and affecting livelihoods.

In many places along the Amazon River, those fears appear to be coming true. At least 570 Indigenous people in Brazil have died of the disease since March, according to an association that ...

From left: Lagoa de Genipabu, a freshwater lagoon near Natal; a boto, or Amazon river dolphin, in the Rí­o Negro. Marta Tucci While Venture can accommodate 264 passengers, just 145 were on this ...