Updated at 12:12 p.m. ET on November 13, 2020. I ’m on a speedboat on the Rio Madeira, which translates to “wood river,” near the Brazilian city of Porto Velho in the upper Amazon River ...

Midwife Tabita dos Santos Moraes, 51, touches the belly of Mayleane Melo, 22, to monitor the baby's position, at the Deus e Pai community in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, October 24, 2024.

When harvest season comes to the Amazon, Irlene das Graças da Cunha de Figueiredo’s day revolves around fish. During a handful of days every year, when the floodwaters of the river are high ...

Boats navigate a river in Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 7, 2022. Jorge Saenz / AP But outside these reserves, in many places, people take orders from self-appointed landowners, Campos-Silva said.

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 ...

DEUS E PAI, Brazil, March 20 (Reuters) - Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her community to the ...