Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against Colorado over how much water its neighbor draws from the South Platte River. Officials ...

It’s said the outflow of the Amazon into the Atlantic Ocean is equivalent to 219,000 cubic meters of water per second (7.7 ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...

Flowing close to areas under prospective drilling activities, the Branco river in Guyana, a major tributary of Amazon, faces potential ecological and environmental risks.

The Amazon River is home to some of the most diverse and mysterious wildlife on Earth. Beneath its murky waters lurk strange and bizarre creatures that seem to come straight from the pages of a ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at slowing deforestation.

Brazil held a controversial auction for untapped oil sites near the Amazon River, drawing criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups. Despite concerns about potential ecological impacts, major ...

A new road in Belem, Brazil, set to open before COP30, is drawing criticism for cutting through rainforest and threatening Amazon biodiversity.

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.

The newly resurfaced footage, originally captured in March 2016, shows an Amazon river dolphin, also known as botos, urinating into the air in Brazil’s Tocantins River.

After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air.