Hatchlings talk inside their shells to time their birth, but the roar of massive barges may soon drown out their sound.

It’s the longest river in the world, full of unique creatures, weaving and winding 3,700 miles across lush rainforests and ...

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both ...

Locals warned Belo Monte would kill the river, and now the plant faces a turning point as prophecies become real.

A winding river cuts through dense rainforest in the Amazon region of Brazil. The valley stretches deep between ...

"My mind immediately went to, how far are we from the embankment if something actually happens?" mom Anna Haakenson told ...

Scientists using drones discovered over 40,000 giant river turtles nesting along the Guapore River in the Amazon, revealing one of the largest known breeding sites for this endangered species.

The Amazon River is the world’s largest river by volume. Located in South America, it flows through 9 countries, including Brazil and Peru. This massive waterway holds about 20% of the Earth’s fresh ...

A chorus of high-pitched squeals cuts through the blanket of mist. We steer our skiff, bobbing up and down on the syrupy brown waters, toward the racket. “It's a troop of squirrel monkeys,” says my ...

The SWOT satellite tracks river width, height and slope, revealing seasonal changes and underwater topography.

Many facilities have tapped into city water systems through municipal water permits, avoiding the industrial withdrawal ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering sediments, nutrients and organic material, braiding into a vast hydrologic ...