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 ...

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Seeing illegal gold mines despoil remote Ecuadorian forests helped me to understand what happened to Pittsburgh — and to ...

LETICIA – Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their way. At 69, after a ...

Indigenous communities along the Amazon River are grappling with severe challenges as an unprecedented drought causes water levels to plummet. Unforeseen scarcity is threatening livelihoods and access ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — 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 ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows. Images of one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, show just ...

After being outfitted with lifejackets and mud boots, we boarded skiffs for the brief ride across the river to the boat. No more than halfway across, our guide shone his flashlight on some bats in the ...

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 evolved over ...