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 ...

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 ...

The Amazon River has seen its levels in Colombia reduced by as much as 90 percent, a government agency said Thursday, as South America faces a severe and widespread drought. The river—the world's ...

The river port in the most populated city of Brazil's Amazon rainforest recorded its lowest water level in over a century on Monday amid a drought that has left boats stranded on the Amazon river and ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. In 2021, towns in Amazonas, Brazil, along the Amazon River and its tributaries flooded due to heavier-than-usual ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Falling water levels in the rivers and lakes of the Brazilian Amazon are restricting the flow of ships and boats, the main form of transport in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hollow eyes of an eerie stone face stare up at the sky from a bank of the Amazon River. The human-like carving normally sits ...

BRASILIA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for ...

MANAUS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground last month, ...

Travel deeper into the Brazilian Amazon by river, leaving Manaus behind for a stay surrounded by rainforest and quiet waterways. The journey follows the Urubu River to a small jungle lodge where the ...

The Amazon River is one of the most complex and vital water systems in the world. Its massive amount of water feeds the adjoining Amazon Rainforest, makes it impossible to build bridges over and ...