MANACAPURU, Brazil, Sept 30 (Reuters) - (This Sept. 30 story has been corrected to fix a name in the reporting credits) The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of ...

At least three people died, including a one-year-old baby, 16 others were injured and nine were missing after a boat capsized in northern Brazil's Amazon River. The boat, "M. Monteiro", was ...

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 newly resurfaced footage, originally captured in March 2016, shows an Amazon river dolphin, also known as botos, urinating into the air in Brazil’s Tocantins River.

Brazil’s federal environmental agency, IBAMA, told Mongabay by email that a total of 1,222 dredges were destroyed from 2023 to 2024 in Amazonas state, 800 of them in the Madeira River.

In 2021, towns in Amazonas, Brazil, along the Amazon River and its tributaries flooded due to heavier-than-usual rainfall. Just two years later, the riverbeds turned to sand during months of drought.

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 ...

Over four grueling months, the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition, whose members included TR’s 24-year-old son Kermit, studied the river and mapped its nearly 1,000-mile course, overcoming ...

Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, freshwater dolphins. These animals, locally known as "bufeos," are an indicator ...

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 ...

Brazil’s federal environmental agency, IBAMA, told Mongabay by email that a total of 1,222 dredges were destroyed from 2023 to 2024 in Amazonas state, 800 of them in the Madeira River.