This vivid Kompsat-2 space wallpaper shows the Amazon River in the heart of northern Brazil’s rainforest. The false color makes land vegetation appear pink, while water appears green and dark blue.

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River ... The river’s characteristic jet-black waters usually course through its thick maze of channels, but satellite images now show it drastically ...

The first images of a reef discovered at the mouth of the muddy Amazon River have emerged. The 9,500 square kilometres system is located where the mighty Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean off ...

In today’s modern age, it might be fair to assume that science has decisively answered some of the bigger questions regarding the natural world – or at least those dependent upon sheer ...

Fernando Trujillo, right, has studied Amazon river dolphins since he was a college student in the 1980s. In 1993, he co-founded the Omacha Foundation, which focuses on conserving animals and ...