A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, making it the second-longest river in the world. Amazon River cruises ...

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 ...

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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 dolphins. They draw it ...

Since the 1980s, the combined populations of river dolphin species have plummeted by 73%. With the Global Declaration for River Dolphins, 14 countries (six of them in Latin America) are expected to ...

For generations, the word safari conjured images of dusty Land Rovers bouncing across the Serengeti in search of lions and elephants. But new species of plants and animals are discovered in the Amazon ...

A viral TikTok video showing what appears to be a massive creature swimming in the Amazon River has ignited widespread speculation and scepticism online, amassing more than 24 million views and over ...

Even in the dry season, the Amazon river is so vast that I can’t make out the other side with my binoculars. We have travelled 2 hours downriver from the Colombian town of Puerto Nariño, searching for ...

The legal and illegal wildlife trade continues to escalate in tandem with increasing Chinese investment in South America’s Amazon region, mirroring a similar China trafficking trend that devastated ...

The Amazon $AMZN River stretches roughly 4,000 miles from Peru to the Atlantic coast of Brazil, making it the second-longest river in the world. Its scale matches its ...