The country known as the “Land of Rivers” is Bangladesh. This title reflects the country’s remarkable geography, where ...

A shark only just formally discovered might already be extinct - a fate no shark has yet suffered in the human era - while an Amazon river dolphin has become endangered, a Red List of species in ...

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

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

A recent study conducted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in collaboration with the University of Barcelona (UB) has detected worrying lead levels in the blood of 95% of the indigenous ...

From India’s rare rose-ringed parakeet to flamingos across Africa, pink animals catch the eye with their unusual colours.

The study was the first to analyze a large set of independently published studies. Researchers sound alarm after making ...

Plastic may well be a useful everyday item, but its careless disposal in oceans and inland waterways is a pressing global ...

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 ...

Local Amazon communities protect ecosystems while sustaining fisheries. Support is needed to keep efforts viable. New research highlights “unprecedented” conservation outcomes achieved through ...

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

A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it ...