The Nile and the Amazon are both long — no one is arguing that point — but scientists still don't agree on which one is actually longer. Some say the Nile, some say the Amazon. Explorer, filmmaker and ...

Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? It’s a question that often sparks curiosity among explorers, scientists, and anyone fascinated by the mysteries of our planet. Although most major rivers on Earth ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated ...

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as drought ...

SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - More rare freshwater dolphins in Brazil have been found dead in a new location along the Amazon River, in the latest grim fallout from the longest drought in the ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched and ...

Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the ...

A Colombian marine biologist is working to study and preserve the river dolphins (particularly Inia geoffrensis) that live in the Amazon river basin. Fernando Trujillo, a marine biologist, National ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In December, researchers gathered extensive data on a population of Amazon river dolphins in the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve in the ...

MANAUS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 2 story has been refiled with corrected picture captions) The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating in a tributary of the Amazon River over the ...