Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team has found. The team's study was conducted in the Amazon River ...

The newly resurfaced footage, originally captured in March 2016, shows an Amazon river dolphin, also known as botos, urinating into the air in Brazil’s Tocantins River. In the video, the dolphin ...

fishing, and the well-being of countless communities who rely on these waters. Despite historical evidence that the river once flowed west, some people believe the Amazon still literally reverses its ...