The Amazon River is one of the most dangerous ecosystems on Earth, filled with giant predators, venomous hunters, parasitic fish, and even sections of water hot enough to boil animals alive . Massive ...

A mass fish die-off in Brazil’s Amazon River region has killed an estimated 20-30 metric tons of fish and other aquatic animals, following one of the worst droughts in Amazonian history. On the night ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

The Amazon river dolphin, or boto, is an integral feature of the rainforest’s biodiversity and culture, and is central to several Indigenous tales. Even though the dolphin isn’t fished for human ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river ...

On Earth, there are a handful of places that can truly be called “one of a kind.” The Amazon rainforest is one of those truly magical places. The Amazon River basin is like a real-life treasure chest ...

When people talk about “the Amazon,” they generally mean the vast Amazon rainforest, not the river that gave the forest its name. (To test this, Google “the Amazon.” When I did that, the list of top ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering sediments, nutrients and organic material, braiding into a vast hydrologic ...