The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

On the banks of the Pastaza River, in Peru’s northern Datem del Marañón province, Kietre Gonzales remembers just how close ...

Dive into danger as we chase monster Amazon fish using live piranhas as bait! This high-adrenaline fishing experience takes ...

The Congo River, the world's deepest, flows through six West-Central African nations, forming a vast basin supporting rich biodiversity and 75 million ...

Podcast host Zach Urness goes fishing in an unusual place — the bottom of an empty reservoir on a stream that only appears for a few weeks every year.

Scientists reveal Priocharax rex, a tiny Amazonian fish with a strange skin “wing” that redefines evolution in miniature.

Climate change contributed to the death of hundreds of river dolphins in Brazil recently, including pink dolphins.

From the longest canal tunnel to the shortest lock, the Canal and River Trust have delved into the fascinating world of ...

Olegario Sánchez Pinto, 74, wakes up at 7 a.m. every day to complete all the tasks he must perform as a member of the ...

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a Times reporter found some encouraging signs ...

Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon ...