The big news this spring is AmaWaterways' first cruises in Colombia. But it is not the only line with South America on its mind.

Indigenous communities along the Amazon River are grappling with severe challenges as an unprecedented drought causes water levels to plummet.

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight ...

However, this is not the case for the region's capital of Manaus, which is home to over 2 million people and is connected to ...

An international team of researchers found the remains of a giant freshwater dolphin that is about 16 million years old and the largest river dolphin species ever found, the University of Zurich ...

Amazon (River of Dreams), a 1993 song by jazz guitarist Artie Traum emblematic of the iconic river basin’s dire straits three ...

The Nile in Africa is officially recognized as the world’s longest river, but now a new expedition is heading to South America with the aim of exploring a tributary of the Amazon which may lead ...

A major tributary of the Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of ...

The Amazon River which is one of the world's largest waterways is currently in its dry season. This has also caused several other types of river fauna to suffer from the record-high temperatures.

Ancient stone carvings on a rocky point of the Amazon River exposed after water levels dropped to record lows during a drought in Manaus, Brazil. Reuters One area shows smooth grooves in the rock ...

A rare new species of fish was recently discovered prowling the bottom of a river in the Amazon rainforest, researchers said. The creature — a yellow-hued, flat-bodied catfish — is ...