This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also faces threats from deforestation, wildfires and illegal gold mining, Charvet said. Illegal fires to clear forest result in waves of ash ...

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...

The river, recognized as the second largest river in the world by volume, spans an impressive 6,400 kilometers. In certain ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

The Madeira River is the largest tributary flowing ... It also affects the Amazon ecosystem, including both plants and animals — and that ecosystem holds an irreplaceable part of the world's ...

After five years of planning, design, construction and animal acquisition, Caldwell Zoo‘s long-awaited Amazon River’s Edge ...