The orange coloring and distinctive black line down the center of the creature's body are reminiscent of the Eye of Sauron, ...

Archaeologists once thought the Amazon basin’s soil would have been too poor to have sustained a large human population before Europeans arrived. Dr Lombardo is head of a team proving them wrong.

More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in a tributary of Amazon river in Brazil this past week. Experts suspect the deaths may have been caused by severe drought and rising heat.

The region is believed to have great potential to contain oil reservoirs, but exploration is being questioned by national environmental authority Ibama due to environmental risks.

Colombia and Peru are the world's largest cocaine producers, data from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) shows, and US government data shows they are also South America's top ...

Originating in the Bolivian Andes, the Madeira River is key to the Amazon Basin, both environmentally and economically. It’s home to the region’s largest fish diversity, accounting for 60% of ...

Several Brazilian ministries have joined efforts in a desperate attempt to impede the gigantic Amazon basin and its fluvial ... Dredging a river entails removing sediments and settled residues ...