The Amazon River, not the Nile, is the longest in the world, a team of Brazilian scientists claims. The scientists claim to ...

Flowing across the heart of South America, the Amazon River nourishes the planet’s largest rainforest and countless species that depend on it. This video explores the river’s extraordinary geography ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the ...

(CNN) Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. The fires are burning at the highest ...

Ticks, tarantulas and unchartered territory, oh my! A UK explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river and two waterfalls, accomplishing this feat all while being stalked by a jaguar ...

Reynolds Wolf, a meteorologist and correspondent for CNN Worldwide, will join International Expeditions' April 1 Amazon River journey aboard the La Amatista as a guest lecturer. During the nine-night ...

Brazil has been battered by the pandemic, with the second-highest death toll in the world. The Amazon has been hit particularly hard. Even in remote towns, people have been as likely to get sick as in ...