STORY: Conservationists say there are fewer than 100 Orinoco crocodiles left in the wild. :: Capanaparo, Venezuela They live here, in the Orinoco River Basin, which covers most of Venezuela and spills ...

Local fishermen pick through vegetation caught in large green nets in effort to find small ornamental fish in a marsh area of the Orinoco River. Residents of the Orinoco Basin fish for sustenance as ...

The Andes mountains and their extensive foothills form one of the planet's most crucial water distribution networks, ...

The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered species native to the Orinoco River basin in Colombia and Venezuela. It is one of the largest crocodilian species in the world ...

One of the world’s most important wetlands, in the famous Orinoco River basin in eastern Colombia, has gained recognition as a globally significant freshwater area. One of the world’s most important ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela will end negotiations with foreign oil companies on how it will take a majority control of their operations along the Orinoco River, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Corp. refused to sign deals Tuesday to keep pumping heavy oil under tougher terms in Venezuela's Orinoco River basin, signaling their departure ...

Petroleos de Venezuela and Italy's ENI will strike a deal Friday that would bring ENI SpA into the oil-rich Orinoco basin as a partner, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said Thursday. Petroleos de ...

CAPANAPARO, Venezuela (Reuters) -Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado, 34, has one hand on the young crocodile's neck and another on its tail. With the help of some tape and calipers, he is measuring ...