Months before hosting COP30, Brazil auctioned 47 oil and gas blocks in the Amazon. Activitsts have vowed to challenge the ...

Indigenous men protest against the auction of dozens of oil blocks, including blocks near the mouth of the Amazon River, ...

The Sawre Muybu territory includes some 1,780 square kilometers (690 sq miles) of jungle on the banks of the Tapajos river, a once pristine tributary of the Amazon that is still one of Brazil's ...

Indigenous leaders were among the first to sound the alarm when the men went missing deep in the Brazilian Amazon on June 5. Photograph by Joao Laet, Getty Images HISTORY & CULTURE ...

The Amazon River passes through Brazil, Columbia, Peru, and Venezuela, with Brazil holding by far the largest portion of the River. The Amazon River's watershed, or the areas where it receives ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper ...

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes. Authorities say an artificially deeper river will restart the steady flow ...

But in Brazil, home to the powerful Amazon River, which cleaves South America more than slithers across it, the Nile’s standing is slightly lower. “Second biggest river in the world,” scoffs ...

Juma Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil — At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators at times competes with the forest, a ...