Footage showed families and children rushing out of the water after being bitten by the fish on Sunday, Oct. 26 ...

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

LETICIA, Colombia — The jungle town of Leticia provides Colombia's only access to the Amazon River. But as the river changes course the town could soon be left high and dry and that's fueling a border ...

When people talk about “the Amazon,” they generally mean the vast Amazon rainforest, not the river that gave the forest its name. (To test this, Google “the Amazon.” When I did that, the list of top ...

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 ...

A baby's toe was reportedly ripped off after a shoal of piranhas attacked bathers at a resort along the Amazon River. The freshwater predators injured a seven-month-old child, who lost his toe, along ...

Brazil's government on Monday approved a license request by state-run oil giant Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River. The move has triggered sharp from criticism by ...

Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border... Colombia's lone Amazon port faces drying river and ...