If you live in a city with a river running through it, or even if you’ve just visited one, you have almost undoubtedly walked or driven over a bridge connecting the two sides. In fact, most ...

In Manaus, a sprawling city of more than 2 million, the depth of the Rio Negro, a major branch of the Amazon River, reached ...

Five months after a major operation by federal forces, illegal mining dredges are back on the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon. The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of ...

The new Paddington in Peru film features the Peruvian bear returning to his homeland to look for his aunt in the Amazon rainforest via river boat. Want to follow Paddington and explore Peru too?

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with environmental agency Ibama this week or the next to discuss ...

After five years of planning, design, construction and animal acquisition, Caldwell Zoo‘s long-awaited Amazon River’s Edge will soon be ready for a soft opening. “The goals of zoos have ...

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team has found. The team's study was conducted in the Amazon River, but the ...

The Amazon River’s Edge is set to open this spring, although no exact date has been set. “[It] was intended to give people a snapshot of what it would look like walking along the Amazon River in South ...