Alert in the Amazon: an invasive mussel advances up to 149 miles per year and threatens the great Amazon River.

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, far from active volcanic zones or geothermal hotspots, a river defies scientific expectations by reaching temperatures close to 100°C (212°F) — hot enough to boil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explore the Amazon’s 4,000-mile journey, which crosses into nine different nations You can only really do the Amazon from the ...

The Amazon Rainforest—a vast green expanse across nine countries, covering over six million square kilometers. From above, it ...

Discover why travelers trade African safaris for Amazon river cruises to see a whole new ecosystem in luxury style.The post ...

Generations of fishers have called these rocky formations home. Now, they say Brazil is not hearing their knowledge.

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — 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 ...

In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war. Santa ...

Unlike in later years, the lands bordering this stretch of the mighty river, down which Orellana and his men were headed, was densely populated, kingdoms made prosperous by elaborate techniques for ...

Despite hosting huge hydropower plants, Amazon people still pay high energy tariffs — so they found another way.