Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon's most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu. In Brazil´s Amazonas ...

Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in the Amazon, and fish noises. All right, it's time now for our science news ...

In a groundbreaking expedition, researchers from Harvard and Amazonas State University began monitoring water quality and mercury contamination in the Amazon Basin’s largest tributary. The Madeira ...

Scientists in the Colombian Amazon have identified a tiny freshwater fish species called Priocharax rex, measuring just 0.8 inches in length. This discovery is significant as it represents the largest ...

A mass fish die-off in Brazil’s Amazon River region has killed an estimated 20-30 metric tons of fish and other aquatic animals, following one of the worst droughts in Amazonian history. On the night ...

One moment it’s feeding time, the next my whole hand is inside the mouth of a massive Amazon fish. This one’s got a serious bite. Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe Cher ...