A decision by Brazilian environmental agency Ibama on Monday will let state-run oil firm Petrobras move a step closer to ...

Ibama (Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) approved on Monday (19) Petrobras’ fauna ...

Research in Brazil for possible oil reserves near the mouth of the Amazon river has to go ahead but any discoveries should ...

The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

Environmentalists slammed the president of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, Magda Chambriard after she echoed the ...

Brazilian surfer Sergio Laus rides the thunderous pororoca tidal bore wave on the Mearim River, in the Amazon jungle, near ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe droughts. The water ...

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and battles with the Nile in Africa for the title of the longest in the world, at an impressive ...

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.

“This one will be in the Amazon.” An official project map shows a straight line dividing a green area through the city’s outskirts. This protected area is slightly larger than Manhattan. It was ...