The Amazon River is showing signs of recovery as many areas refill. The river was recently threatened by unprecedented fires, droughts, and deforestation, but incoming heavy rainfall could bring the ...

A severe drought that spread over recent months in Peru’s Loreto and Ucayali regions led to the isolation of more than 130 communities. Record low river levels affected the navigation of boats that ...

A Brazilian official who spent his career working to protect uncontacted Amazon tribes died after an arrow struck him in the chest, the country’s indigenous affairs agency, FUNAI, has confirmed. Rieli ...

In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war. Santa ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...

Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explore the Amazon’s 4,000-mile journey, which crosses into nine different nations You can only really do the Amazon from the ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...

The new Paddington in Peru film features the Peruvian bear returning to his homeland to look for his aunt in the Amazon rainforest via river boat. Want to follow Paddington and explore Peru too?

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