CATALAO – Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to children in a village near the Brazilian city of Manaus. The visit was arranged ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government's expedition on the banks of the Itui ...

As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...

In Brazil’s Maranhão state, the advance of monoculture and decades of forest destruction have driven a shift in precipitation patterns, diminishing rains and drying out springs that feed important ...

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government's expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest. After some initial ...