The Amazon, known for its vast basin and exceptional biodiversity, flows approximately 7,000 kilometers (4,345 miles), making it a formidable competitor.We’ll dive into the history, geography ...

Atmospheric rivers can wring out heavy rain due to their incredible moisture content. One study estimated that the moisture flux is roughly equal to that of the Amazon River – about 176,000 tons ...

Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles.

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.

Environmental groups fear for Amazon. Trump not seen as likely to protect rainforest or fulfill climate commitments. February 2, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Amazon River’s Edge is expected to open in the spring. “We will only transport the animals when it is safe for them,” Swen said. The new exhibit occupies 7 acres inside the zoo, with an ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon Rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has lead to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the ...