Rivers have been an essential part of human civilization for millennia, providing water, transport, and fertile land for agriculture. But have you ever wondered which river is the longest on Earth?

Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.

Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial ...

A deadly river that boils without volcanoes, hidden deep in Peru’s jungle. Worshipped by shamans, feared by scientists—Shanay-Timpishka is real, and it may be a glimpse into Earth’s future.

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...

Rather than taking a strong stance in one direction or another, “We Are Guardians” aims to sympathize with everyone involved.

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to ...

The river we are talking about is called Rio Negro. Rio Negro flows through the Amazon rainforest in South America and passes through Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. According to available ...

It pales in lushness to the mighty Amazon rainforest to the north ... feed the headwaters of eight of the 12 major river basins in South America. The Cerrado’s underground tanks pump water ...

aetherea is closely related to other species from the southwestern Amazon, but it maintains a distinct genetic lineage. Researchers suspect that these frogs have highly specific habitat ...

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest. Credits: Lubasi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons France will construct a new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, within its overseas territory of ...