Although gold mining activities were considered the unique source of mercury pollution into the Amazon for many years (Malm, 1998), pioneering studies in the Tapajós River Basin in Brazil have shown ...

For the first time, scientists have found evidence of plastic contamination in freshwater fish in the Amazon, revealing the extent of the plastic pollution problem the world faces. The rest of this ...

MAMIRAUÁ RESERVE, Brazil — On this stretch of the Amazon River, you don't need a fish finder to locate the pirarucu, one of the world's largest freshwater fish. The splashing gives them away. Like the ...