Nile or Amazon? It’s not as straightforward as you think. Let’s untangle the science, measurements, and muddy sources behind ...

The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has led to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon ...

Deep in northern Peru lies a remote city that serves as a gateway to the Amazon. Take a river cruise, explore natural ...

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region. In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...

The world’s largest river is parched. The Amazon River, battered by back-to-back droughts fueled by climate change, is drying up, with some stretches of the mighty waterway dwindling to shallow ...

The Boiling River regularly reaches 86C – with drastic consequences for the surrounding rainforest. When you drive towards Peru's Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the ...

The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon Rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has lead to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the ...

When you drive towards Peru's Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the rainforest, it's only after you transcend a crest in the landscape that you see it ahead of you, says Alyssa ...