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.

However, no evidence indicates that Paul Rosolie passed away or was attacked by a jaguar recently. The fabricated post about ...

Mining concessions and illegal mining operations overlap more than a fifth of indigenous land in the Amazon, causing higher deforestation rates, said a report published on Wednesday.

When a bus strike in Melbourne in 1927 paralysed the city, local entrepreneur Bill McGeary spotted an opportunity. Bill ...

Peru’s Indigenous Shawi people continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in the country’s ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking ...

Fears Amazon is in ‘delicate situation’ over rising mercury pollution - One figure stressed that health risks are ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the ...

The Amazon River’s name and its link to Ancient Greece originated with a Spanish expedition into the jungle in 1541, when a small scouting party sent to fetch food drifted all the way to the Atlantic, ...

The Columbus Police Department said 911 calls about the incident came in just before 4:30 a.m. Monday. Police said the man began shooting from outside the facility, then walked away. He eventually ...