The decline of fisheries on the Madeira river, Brazil: The high cost of the hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin. Fisheries Management and Ecology , 25 (5), 380-391. doi: 10.1111/fme.12305 ...

Current distribution across the Amazon Basin of (a) fish species, (b) Arrau turtle, and (c) river dolphins analyzed by the study. Image courtesy of Caldas et al. (2023).

Bacteria in the Amazon River can break down almost all of the plant-based carbon in the water, a new study finds.

The Amazonian biome encompasses the Amazon river basin and ... in the Amazon, hydroelectric plants are ... protected areas and indigenous land legally protect 25.5% and 27% of the Amazon basin.

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 ...

Field Museum scientists study the Amazon, learn about conservation 02:07. CHICAGO (CBS) -- A team of scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History has just returned from one of Earth's most ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest. By Manuela Andreoni and Max ...

By Kevin Damasio HUMAITÁ, Brazil — At dawn, 20 fishers received a tip that matrinxãs were swimming down the Aripuanã River toward the Madeira, the Amazon Basin’s largest tributary. It was ...

Higher temperatures in the Amazon could threaten the very functioning of many plants there, says Rodolfo Nóbrega at the University of Bristol – and the Boiling River illustrates this perfectly.