The Madeira Basin has the most diverse fish life in the Amazon River Basin with 1,406 species catalogued, but human interference and the climate crisis are provoking a significant decline in fish ...

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The Brazilian government's plan to blast the Tocantins River for an expressway threatens local communities and ecosystems. Fishermen and researchers raise concerns over biodiversity and displacement.

A baby's toe was reportedly ripped off after a shoal of piranhas attacked bathers at a resort along the Amazon River. The freshwater predators injured a seven-month-old child, who lost his toe, along ...

An aggressive proliferation of water hyacinth in southern Ghana's Volta Lake is crippling fishing activities, depleting fish stocks and destroying local livelihoods.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe droughts. The water ...