By Shanna Hanbury Brazil’s environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a key step that could soon allow Petrobras, the nation’s ...

It eventually joins the Amazon River to the west ... “Right now, it’s like a small paradise, an island of biodiversity.” He and Bustamante spent weeks on a canoe paddling on the creeks ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched ...

BRASILIA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains ...

The Nile is famous for being the longest river in the world; however, it is outranked by another for its extraordinary water flow. Nestled in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon River.