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

Journalists typically treat corruption as an issue of governance. However, dishonesty is not an attribute of constitutional and legal structures, but of the behavior of individuals. Moreover, ...

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.

Over four years, a team from Canada’s CetAsia Research Group traveled to the Amazon river, where they then closely watched river dolphin social interactions. Researchers documented a total of 36 ...

Paddington's in Peru! Here's what to pack and what to expect for your Amazon River cruise in Peru (and why you might not want to pay the premium for a balcony cabin).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.