State of the Amazon: Freshwater Connectivity and Ecosystem Health report is launched during the 7th World Water Forum, Gyeongju, Korea. The freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon region are under threat ...

The freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon are under threat by deforestation and especially by connectivity interruption. More than 250 new hydropower dams are planned for the region. If all go forward ...

"A seven-day expedition deep into the Colombian Amazon searches remote creeks for freshwater fish that may never have been ...

They account for 15% of all known species worldwide – about 15 percent of all known species in the world. Approximately ...

Discover the Amazon’s 2,700+ freshwater fish species and the rivers they rely on, while exploring key threats and ...

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth. It covers just 1% of the planet ...

Paleontologists from the University of Zurich have announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon region. Surprisingly, its closest living relatives can be found ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists warn that 10% of the Amazon has a high risk of being converted into a drier and degraded ecosystem by 2050, while 47% has a moderate ...

A major new international review co-authored by Professor Gemma Harvey, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London, ...