Throughout the 1700s, the Marañón River in northern Peru held the distinction of being the Amazon's source, says Andrew Johnston, a geographer with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space ...

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region. In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...

For centuries, people believed the Amazon’s source was the Marañón River in northern Peru. Then explorers argued that following another remote tributary, Apurímac River, led to an even more ...

By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian indigenous groups were blocking a large river in the country’s Amazon region on Wednesday in protest over a crude oil spill of an estimated 2,500 ...

Deep in northern Peru lies a remote city that serves as a gateway to the Amazon. Take a river cruise, explore natural reserves, and delve into its dark history.

In Peru, forest communities ... The dark green areas on the map, both shaded and outlined, represent land titled to the Shipibo. ... The Ucayali River is a primary source of the Amazon River.

In 2014, U.S. neuroscientist and explorer James "Rocky" Contos developed an alternative theory, putting the source of the Amazon farther away, at the Mantaro River in northern Peru.

It took several days of observation before researchers and local fishermen found the best way to catch the Amazon river dolphins they were studying in the largest lake in the Amanã Sustainable ...

People from the Tikuna Indigenous community carry aid from a nonprofit amid a drought on Amazon River in Loma Linda, near Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Water levels have dropped by up ...

What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region. In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...