If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe droughts.

The Brazilian portion of the Madeira River — the Amazon River’s largest tributary — has been losing about 10 percent of its flow per decade over the past 20 years, Mongabay reports. The decrease in ...

Travel to Peru for an Amazon River cruise or tour? You’ll want to hear what happened to one family before booking your jungle ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.

Percy Fawcett's quest to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle ended in mystery. A century later, his story continues to ...

A Chinese scientist has used satellite remote-sensing technology to pinpoint the source of Africa's second-longest river, ...

AWAY from the ancient stones of Machu Picchu, Peru is a nation in the grip of a brutal crime wave, with hundreds of gangs holding locals and tourists in the country to ransom.  To their ...

It is another steamy morning in Puerto Maldonado, and Gabriel Granados Olivera and I are sitting on a low-slung motorized ...

The river, lifeline to 33 families ... became impossible – not even for ourselves.” The Madeira, the Amazon’s largest tributary, is no longer dependable. Rising Atlantic temperatures ...

Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in ...

White water rafting is one of those rare sports with a low barrier to entry and a high emotional pay-off. You don’t need a ...

Rivers like the Amazon and Nile are nearly 7,000 kilometres ... Some streams and smaller rivers feed into it and they are called tributaries. The river carves its own path out to the sea and ...