Thick, dark patches spread along a Peruvian Amazon river after an oil spill, putting riverside communities on alert. Video ...

Illegal mining has spread across Peru's Amazon region and the Andes since the Covid-19 pandemic sent the economy into ...

members of Colombia's Indigenous Yagua community tramp along the dried-up riverbed of a branch of the mighty Amazon. In the ...

An Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon reported on Friday that an oil spill had spread into the waters of the Pastaza River, affecting 12 communities which rely on the river for drinking water ...

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet ... a Brazilian city on the border with Colombia and Peru. Ships have been left stranded and vast expanses ...

Peru's Amazon indigenous community says residents in nearby villages are suffering from drinking water shortages as an oil spill near the Ecuadorian border ...

Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on South America’s rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in ...

Below-average rainfall — even through the rainy season — has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, ...

Extreme drought affecting large parts of South America has dramatically reduced the flow of the Amazon River where Colombia borders Peru and Brazil, choking food supplies and threatening residents ...