Ancestral fishing knowledge is now obsolete after dams broke the river’s rhythm, scrambling ancient fishing spots.

An Amazonian lake reached 106°F recently, and that heat killed hundreds of river dolphins - an alarming sign of climate ...

Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon region in ...

In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had previously mostly escaped the rampant plunder of other areas.

As its polluting coal ash ponds remain in groundwater, Alabama Power has doubled down on fossil fuel energy investments.

The terras caídas phenomenon also threatens riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon, with several incidents in recent years in which houses, schools, churches and public squares were swept away ...

In March, voters passed a 15-year, 4.35-mill millage to fund St. Tammany Parish Library operations, with 55% of ballots in ...

For years the Nile held the crown but new evidence is changing everything. One river may be longer than we ever realized ...

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Discover Caño Cristales, Colombia's "River of Five Colors," a remote waterway that transforms from clear to vibrant hues ...

From the vast Amazon Rainforest and the wild Congo Rainforest to Australia’s ancient Daintree Rainforest, the misty Tongass ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...