Physiotherapist Igor Simoes Andrade and young people with disabilities swim with pink dolphins on the Rio Negro river in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil.

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of ...

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 ...

Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes. Authorities say an artificially deeper river will restart the steady flow ...

Police in Soure, Brazil, saddle up and patrol on horned buffalo, which have an unusually robust presence on the island. Bikini-clad visitors even line up to swim with the burly beasts.

TEFÉ, Brazil — Each morning for the last several weeks, researcher Miriam Marmontel has gazed out at Lake Tefé and the Amazon River, through a thick curtain of smoke from thousands of ...

River levels in the Amazon are at record lows, upending lives, stranding boats and threatening endangered wildlfie, as Brazil endures its worst drought on record ...

Miguel Monteiro / Mamirauá Institute At least 125 river dolphins have died in a Brazilian lake in recent weeks, likely due to a combination of drought and unusually high water temperatures.

Munduruku children swim in a tributary of the Tapajos river, during an expedition to mark the frontier of the Sawre Muybu Indigenous Territory, in Brazil, July 21, 2024.

The 10-foot-long arapaima was quickly disappearing in Brazil until local communities stepped in to save it—and themselves. A close-up view of an arapaima from the Brazilian Amazon shows its ...

During Brazil’s worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon River falls to a record low By FABIANO MAISONNAVE The Associated Press, Updated September 10, 2024, 5:26 p.m.