launched the Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, a one-of-a-kind science and storytelling exploration of the world’s most vital freshwater ecosystem — the Amazon River basin. From its ...

At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world.

“Almost every big river in North America and Europe is massively modified" through damming, putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also ...

Freshwater ecosystems comprise less than 1 percent ... "Huge rivers like the Amazon can appear mighty, but at the same time freshwater environments are very fragile." Catherine A.