Mercury contamination comes mainly from illegal gold mining and forest clearing that wash mercury that naturally occurs in ...

Embarking on an expedition into the Amazon Basin might sound intimidating, but for retirees and older travelers, an Amazon ...

A Catholic bishop in Peru's Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people ...

In the image, shared from orbit, the Amazon appears almost like a living organism, its vast network of tributaries branching out like veins across tens of kilometres of floodplain.

The Amazon has been called a “tree of rivers” – multi-branched, intricate, connected – and in many ways, a cruise is the only way to really explore it.

Local patrols in the Amazon are leading a conservation success story, protecting forests and wildlife against growing threats ...

The Amazon river is the second longest river in the world, and it has so many facets to it. In this video, we will briefly ...